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Green Environment, Global Warming, climate Change and carbon footprint

1. Green Environment BY ORDUEKWA SOLOMON DEPT. OF ENVT. TECHN.(EVT) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECH. OWERRI (FUTO) 1

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3. INTRODUCTION In today’s world, no individual operates in a vacuum. Our choices and behaviors have a ripple effect that reach across the world and on to future generations. What we buy, what we do or do not, what we “throw away” has an impact on an evermore interconnected planet. If we want our future generations to continue to have this great wealth of natural resources, it will take an all-hands effort to preserve clean air, water and soil. 3

4. DEFINITIONS Green is the symbolic color of environmentalism and sustainability. Anything can be green-from energy policy to building design, parenting techniques, and economic strategies. Green is often used to describe efforts to reduce the impact of modern human life on the rest of the natural world. The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates . An environment is all of the conditions, circumstances, etc. that surround and influence life on earth, including atmospheric conditions, food chains, and the water cycle . Our environment is a combination of many elements, both living and non-living that make up our surroundings. Some include natural elements and some are manufactured. GREEN ENVIRONMENT 4

5. 5 COMPONENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT

6. COMPONENTS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 6

7. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS Overpopulation Natural Resource Depletion Loss of Biodiversity Waste Disposal Pollution Urban Sprawl Acid Rain Ozone Layer Depletion Global Warming 7

8. Key Global environmental issues Air Pollution Land Pollution Deforestation Water Pollution 8

9. Global WARMING This graph illustrates the change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures. The 10 warmest years in the 134-year record all have occurred since 2000, with the exception of 1998.   The time series below shows the five-year average variation of global surface temperatures from 1884 to 2015. Dark blue indicates areas cooler than average. Dark red indicates areas warmer than average. 9

10. Effects of global warming Melting Ice Desert Encroachment Flooded Regions Loss of Habitat 10

11. Effects… REDUCED PRODUCTIVITY LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY 11

12. Health Effects 12

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14. Going green Basically, going green means to live life, as an individual as well as a community, in a way that is friendly to the natural environment and is sustainable for the earth. It means contributing towards maintaining the natural ecological balance in the environment, and preserving the planet and it’s systems & resources. It means taking steps, whether big or small, to minimize the harm you do to the environment. 14

15. REASONS FOR GOING GREEN 15

16. HOW TO GO GREEN Reduce 16

17. Reuse 17

18. Recycle 18

19. REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT A carbon footprint is historically defined as "the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an [individual, event, organization, product] expressed as CO 2 e Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO 2 (carbon dioxide), which were induced by your activities in a given time frame. Usually a carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year. Fuel type Unit CO 2 emitted per unit Petrol 1 gallon (UK) 10.4 kg Petrol 1 liter 2.3 kg Gasoline  1 gallon (USA) 8.7 kg Gasoline  1 liter 2.3 kg Diesel 1 gallon (UK) 12.2 kg Diesel  1 gallon (USA) 9.95 kg  Diesel 1 liter 2.7 kg Oil (heating) 1 gallon (UK) 13.6 kg Oil (heating)  1 gallon (USA) 11.26 kg  Oil (heating) 1 liter 3 kg Source: M.J . Bradley & Associates, 2008), p. 4, table 1.1 19

20. Know your carbon footprint Average carbon dioxide emissions (grams) per passenger mile (USA). Based on 'Updated Comparison of Energy Use & CO 2 Emissions From Different Transportation Modes, October 2008' (Manchester, NH: M.J. Bradley & Associates, 2008), p. 4, table 1.1 Calculation : If your car consumes 7.5 liter diesel per 100 km, then a drive of 300 km distance consumes 3 x 7.5 = 22.5 liter diesel, which adds 22.5 x 2.7 kg = 60.75 kg CO 2 to your personal carbon footprint. 20

21. work place recommendation for going green 21

22. Personal recommendation on going green 22

23. Conclusion The green environment means a healthy, sustainable, conservative, productive and wealthy environment. Go green and be healthy, Go green and be rich, Go green and save the unborn world. Go green, think green, its easy, simple and life transforming. 23

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