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