Our earth our responsibility

1. Our Earth: Our
Responsibility

2. •Why to worry?
•This is no Harry Potter!
•How are we adding to the problem?
•What we need to do?

3. Slide  3
Why should we worry?
ÞSea level rise
ÞGlobal temperature rise
ÞOceans Warming
ÞIce sheets Shrinking
ÞArctic Sea Ice Declining
ÞGlaciers Retreating
ÞOcean Acidification
ÞExtreme Events
Whether you are a contractor, a vendor, a merchant or a government employee,
CAN you live without oxygen and survive without water, and STILL BE hale and hearty?
This is the Reason Why the Environment is SO important !

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Land & Sea : It’s Heating Up….
What gets us into trouble, is not what we don’t know, its
what we know for sure, that just ain’t so
-- Mark Twain
Global land – Ocean Temperature Index
Source: NASA
Weather data from more than a thousand meteorological stations
around the world, satellite observations of sea surface temperature
and Antarctic research station measurements. Credit: NASA/GISS

5. •Why should we worry?
•This is no Harry Potter!
•How are we adding to the problem?
•What we need to do?

6. Slide  6
Climate: By the Stats
Going down by 11.2%
every decade
CO2, Concentration
Levels- Highest in
650,000 Years,
Currently at 389 Parts
Per Million (PPM)
Global Average Sea
Level: Risen 4-8 Inches
over the past century,
53 mm since 1993
Jan 2000 to Dec
2009- Warmest
Decade Ever
Recorded
Land Ice:
Greenland Ice
reducing by 24 Cubic
Miles Per Year
Source: NASA

7. Slide  7
This is No Fiction

8. •Why to worry?
•This is no Harry Potter!
•How are we adding to the problem?
•What we need to do?

9. Slide  9
This is How We Mess Up ….. Daily !
Industries Deforestation Plastic Waste
Water pollution Chemical PollutionAutomobile Industry

10. •Why to worry?
•This is no Harry Potter!
•How are we adding to the problem?
•What we need to do?

11. Slide  11
Think Green at Home
Save Water
Prefer Hybrid Cars
Save Trees for
Future
Energy Efficient
Lamps
Use Recycled
Bags

12. Slide  12
Change Begins With Us
Embracing Nature From
Young
Nurturing Nature

13. Slide  13
Eventually it will not be us who will deal with the most
devastating effects of climate change ...
It will be our children, grand children …
Presentation By
K Raju
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