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Nature matters(or How to save the Planet)
By João Paulo Alves
This is Earth
Not
actual
size
It is extremely small
Saturn
Jupiter
Sun(too big to fit on this graphic)
Source: Wikipedia
Yet it is treated as if its
resources were infinite
They are clearly not!
Problems are
There are all sorts of problems
Global warming Deforestation Lack of fresh
watter
Earth is getting hot.
Green house gases are causing this
Gases that come mostly from human activity
and burning of fossil fuels.
Forests are being destroyed
Forests are being destroyed
An area equivalent to
football fields of amazonian forest will have been
destroyed when you finish this presentation
Source: Greenpeace
asd
Source:http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=-10.90883,-62.056274&spn=3.785855,4.768066&z=8
24
5 m
ile
s (
39
4 k
m)
181 miles (291 km)
This area used to be Amazonian forest
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Source:http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=-10.90883,-62.056274&spn=3.785855,4.768066&z=8
24
5 m
ile
s (
39
4 k
m)
181 miles (291 km)
This area used to be Amazonian forest
Now it’s completely
gone
We’re also
running out of fresh
“By 2025, one third of
the global population will
not have access to
adequate drinking water.
”Lord Nicholas Stern, author of the Government's Stern Review
on the economics of climate change
“Is it a crisis? If we don't do some
decent water planning, it could be.”
Jack Hoffbuhr, director of American Water Works Association.
We’re clearly heading into the
wrong direction
Turn off lights and
appliances when
you leave a room.
Turn off lights and
appliances when
you leave a room.
Use public transportation
Use public transportation
Or better
WALK!
But if you really have to
An hybrid car,,that is.
Plant a tree
Verify that your home
is leak-free.
Reduce the amount of time
you spend on the shower
Buy
recycled
paper.
Buy
recycled
paper.
(No, I also did not know that
recycled toilet paper existed)
Prefer fluorescent lights.
electronics in stand-by.
Turn
off
cle
Alert
younger
generations
about
these
issues
Photo by DartVader
And remember what
Chief Seattle once said
THE ENDOr is it just a new beginning?
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