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Choice of lifestyle and environmental consequences. What can you do to improve the e nvironment ?. A day in the life of…. HELENE. W ater. … She uses the toilet . … She brushes her teeth. … She showers. She leaves the water running. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
What can you do to improve the environment?
Choice of lifestyle and environmental consequences
A day in the life of…
HELENE
Water
… She uses the toilet The toilet uses 12 litres of water per flush
… She brushes her teeth She leaves the
water running
… She showers for 20 minutes and
does not turn off the water when she uses shampoo
CONSEQUENCES1. Waste of ground
water2. Bad health
What could she have done differently?
1. She could buy a toilet with a two flush function
2. She could turn off the water when she does not use it
Cosmetics
… She uses shampoo
Lots of shampoo!
CONSEQUENCES1. Reduced fertility2. Body changes3. In the extreme: Death
… She puts on foundation and mascara
CONSEQUENCES
1. Reduced fertility2. Body changes3. Stunting the growth of plants
… She uses hairspray
CONSEQUENCES1. Damage of the ozone layer2. Bad health
What could she have done differently?
1. She could use eco-labeled products
2. She could use less cosmetic
3. She could use hairspray from an environmentally friendly spraycan
4. She could clean her hands with paper instead of water
Transportation
… She drinks cocoa and eats an orange for breakfast
The cocoa is imported from the Ivory Coast
The orange is imported from Cuba
CONSEQUENCES1. Longer transportation2. Global warming
… She goes to school by car
The school is 20 km from Helene’s house
CONSEQUENCES1. Global warming2. Pollution of the air3. Produces ozone at the surface of the earth
What could she have done differently?
1. She could drink Danish milk
2. She could eat whole grain breakfast products from Denmark
3. She could go to school by bus
4. She could go to school by bicycle
Waste
… She eats burger and chips from the local grill
The food is wrapped in tinfoil
CONSEQUENCES1. Polluting production method2. Global warming 3. Fish will die
… She drinks water from a plastic bottleAnd she throws it in nature!
CONSEQUENCES
Film: ”Use less plastic”
Use less plastic
What could she have done differently?
1. She could drink tap water2. She could buy food wrapped
in reusable packaging3. She could stop throwing her
waste in nature4. She could recycle her waste
Holidays
… She plans a vacation to Sunny Beach
She wants to travel 2000 km by airplane
CONSEQUENCES1. Global warming2. Pollution of the air3. Destruction of the ozone layer4. Deoxygenation
What could she have done differently?
1. She could travel by train
2. She could travel by bus
3. She could go to a place closer to Denmark
Food
… She eats a steak
CONSEQUENCES1. Polluting production method 2. Global warming
…She defrosts some bread in the microwave
and afterwards she heats it in the oven which has been preheated
CONSEQUENCES1. Waste of electricity2. Global warming
… She rinses the dishes
And afterwards she puts them in the dishwasher which she starts even though it is not full
CONSEQUENCES1. Waste of groundwater2. Waste of electricity 3. Global warming
What could she have done differently?
1. She could defrost the bread in the refrigerator
2. She could put more than one thing in the oven
3. She could use the preheat period
4. She could not rinse the dishes
5. She could fill up the dishwasher before starting it
6. She could eat chicken or more vegetables
Spare time
… She and Sine go to a nightclub
on a Thursday!
CONSEQUENCES1. Use of electricity2. Global warming3. Pollution of the air
Could she have done it differently?
Solutions1. Compensation2. Eco nightclubs
(Ex. Surya in London)
No! Of course she should not stay at home
HAVE FUN!
What is your personal promise to help the environment?
… She goes to sleep
GOODNIGHT HELENE