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