BYORDUEKWA SOLOMON

DEPT. OF ENVT. TECHN.(EVT)FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF

TECH. OWERRI (FUTO)

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OUTLINE

INTRO

• INTRODUCTION• DEFINITIONS• ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS

BODY

• ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS• MEANING OF GOING GREEN• REASONS FOR GOING GREEN• HOW TO GO GREEN

SUMMARY

• RECOMMENDATIONS• CONCLUSION

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INTRODUCTIONIn 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.

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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

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COMPONENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT

COMPONENTS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Environment

Air

Water

Land

Bio-sphere

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

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KEY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Air Pollution

Land PollutionDeforestation

Water Pollution

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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

EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING

Melting Ice

Desert Encroachment

Flooded Regions

Loss of Habitat

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EFFECTS…

REDUCED PRODUCTIVITY LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY

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Health Effects

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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.

Reduce pollution

Conserve resources

Conserve energy

Reduce consumption and waste

Protect the earth’s ecological balance

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REASONS FOR GOING GREEN

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Business• Beat the competition• Earn and save more

money

Legal • Avoid Regulatory

burdens• Meet legal

requirements

Environmental• Save natural

resources• Benefit or protect the

environment

Political • Achieve Energy

independence• Effect a political

change• Solve or prevent

crisisEthical• Benefit future

generation • Benefit animals

HOW TO GO GREENREDUCE

Transportation• Bicycling, Walking,• Carpooling, Use public Transport.

Save energy• Use energy efficient bulbs • Off bulbs during the day

Conserve water• Off taps while not in use• Don’t waste

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REUSERefillables • Water bottles• Cans

Reusable • Launch box• Reusable bags

Save papers• Use the backside of a paper• Use e-mails

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RECYCLEPlastics • Polyethynes• Bottle water

Papers • News papers,• Magazines, etc.

Metals • Aluminums • Cars

Waste to Energy (WTE)• Generate Energy from inflammable waste• Make manuals from compost

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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 CO2e

Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2 (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 CO2 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

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KNOW YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

Average carbon dioxide emissions (grams) per passenger mile (USA). Based on 'Updated Comparison of Energy Use & CO2 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 CO2 to your personal carbon footprint.

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WORK PLACE RECOMMENDATION FOR GOING GREEN

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PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION ON GOING GREEN

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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.

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