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Environmental Awareness

Environmental Awareness. Gráinne McClean Sharon Albuquerque Amna Nadeem Shanzeh Nazar Naomi Nasrallah. Pollution. Pollution : Environment being filled with harmful substances. STOP AIR POLLUTION BY: Walk or bike to school to reduce car usage. If you live far away, use the bus.

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Environmental Awareness

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  1. Environmental Awareness Gráinne McClean Sharon Albuquerque AmnaNadeem ShanzehNazar Naomi Nasrallah

  2. Pollution • Pollution: Environment being filled with harmful substances. STOP AIR POLLUTION BY: • Walk or bike to school to reduce car usage. • If you live far away, use the bus. • When you are sitting in the car, do not have the AC on.

  3. Pollution STOP WATER POLLUTION BY: • When you go to the beach, do not leave your garbage there. • Do not ever litter in a lake or a river. • Do not throw any chemicals or toxic material in the water.

  4. How to reduce littering Throw your trash into garbage cans rather than leave them around. When throwing your trash, make an effort to throw your trash into recycling bins that are specific to the type of trash you’re throwing.(ex. If you’re throwing away a used plastic bottle, throw it into a garbage can specific for plastic)

  5. How to reduce littering Use paper bags or canvas bags instead of plastic bags. Try to encourage others to do the same. By doing this, you are also educating others about how to reduce litter and helping to save the environment!

  6. Saving Energy • Saving energy is quite simple. Here are some easy tips on how to save energy easily. • Turn the lights off!. If no one is in the room then the lights should not be on as this simply wasting energy. • Use compact fluorescent light blubs. These light bulbs are definitely more energy efficient as they produce the same amount of light by using ¼ of the electricity. • Not just lights, don’t leave anything that you are not using turned on. This includes T.V’s play stations, computers etc.

  7. Saving Energy: • Take short showers! Why? Water heaters use up a lot of energy. In fact they can use up to ¼ of your overall’s home’s energy use. • Don’t leave the refrigerator door open, although this may seem like a pointless tip it is actually not. When you leave the refrigerator open, cold air escapes and this uses up a lot of electricity. • Overall, just be careful when you’re at home to ensure that there is no unnecessary energy wastage.

  8. Why is Water such a big deal?... • After all: • Water covers 75% of the earth’s surface. • Everywhere we go we have water available. • Everyone uses water all the time.

  9. ...This is why. • US uses 346,000 million gallons of water in a day. • Average US person uses 80-100 gallons of water a day. • Only 0.3% of the water on Earth is usable. • 80 countries are subject to water shortages, that’s 40% of the world’s population. • Within 25 years over half of the world’s population will have trouble finding water for drinking and irrigation. • Global Warming makes things worse.

  10. What can I do to help? • Very simple things can be done by every one to help: • Cut water consumption from your daily routine (showers and brushing teeth). • A new low flow toilet can be installed. • Automatic taps. • Go to the car wash (32 gallons) rather than manually cleaning your car (500 gallons). • Make sure your dishwasher is full before turning it on.

  11. How Can We Help Save Animals? 1) STOP cutting down trees ….plant more instead!

  12. 2) Because of the construction in the UAE, there is garbage and pollution everywhere: What can YOU do? • Adopt a pet from an AnimalShelter Home in the UAE,and save an animal’s life!

  13. 3) Make sure you never litter in zoos because it can get to the animals. For example, turtles in the water eat plastic bags thinking they are jelly fish.

  14. Sources • http://www.allaboutwater.org/water-facts.html • http://www.unep.org/wed/2003/keyfacts.htm • http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/reduce-water-money/

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