2. Environmental Issues GOING GREEN!!! Prepared By Margaret E. Rousset

3. Missouri ABE/ASE Content Standards  Adult Education Content Standards for Roles in the Family, the Workplace, and the Community Science and Technology GOAL 1: Understand and use basic concepts of science to achieve personal, family, workplace and community goals. Standard 1: Demonstrate knowledge of basic scientific facts and principles in various contexts. d)Describe the characteristics of various forms of energy. e)Analyze the relationship between matter and energy in the context of current issues. g)Describe the earth and its systems as they relate to pollution, climate, oil and gas supplies, water cycle, carbon dioxide cycle, and other current issues. h)Explain the interdependence of living things.  Adult Education Content Standards for Roles in the Family, the Workplace, and the Community Science and Technology GOAL 1: Understand and use basic concepts of science to achieve personal, family, workplace and community goals. Standard 1: Demonstrate knowledge of basic scientific facts and principles in various contexts. d)Describe the characteristics of various forms of energy. e)Analyze the relationship between matter and energy in the context of current issues. g)Describe the earth and its systems as they relate to pollution, climate, oil and gas supplies, water cycle, carbon dioxide cycle, and other current issues. h)Explain the interdependence of living things.

4. Why Should We be Concerned? The World’s Population is Increasing!!!

5. World Population Growth Most of the world’s population increase since 1950 has been in the developing countries.

6. Western Hemisphere at Night Western Hemisphere at Night Satellite Photos Satellite Photos: a.Cities, towns, villages lit up at night by electricity. b.Demand is growing faster than supply. c.White c.White patches are city lights. d.Red spots in South America & Africa (not shown) show large-scale burning of forests. Satellite Photos Satellite Photos: a.Cities, towns, villages lit up at night by electricity. b.Demand is growing faster than supply. c.White c.White patches are city lights. d.Red spots in South America & Africa (not shown) show large-scale burning of forests.

8. Energy Flow Through Fossil Fuels Fossil Fuels are Nonrenewable Energy

9. How The Greenhouse Effect Works What are the Greenhouse Gases?  A.Water vapor  B.Carbon dioxide ***  C.Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)  D.Methane  E.Nitrous oxide

10. Categories of Pollution

11. Environmental Science Key Terms F Greenhouse Effect F Air Pollution F Water Pollution F Land Pollution F Smog F Global Warming F Indoor Pollution F Ozone Depletion F Recycling F Fossil Fuels F Solar Power F Acid Rain F Greenhouse Effect F Air Pollution F Water Pollution F Land Pollution F Smog F Global Warming F Indoor Pollution F Ozone Depletion F Recycling F Fossil Fuels F Solar Power F Acid Rain F Recycling F Landfills F Composting F Biodegradable F Non-Biodegradable F Food Chains & Food Webs F Renewable Energy F Conservation F Endangered Animals F Habitat Destruction F Oil Spills F Deforestation

12.  Putting the four R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover the resource into action.  Simple, everyday recycling saves energy for everyone.  Your home, your community, your city, your state, your country, and your world benefits.  Putting the four R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover the resource into action.  Simple, everyday recycling saves energy for everyone.  Your home, your community, your city, your state, your country, and your world benefits. Thinking Green - Being Green

13. Recycling Codes These symbols are marked on all solid plastic items: 1: PETE (PET) = polyethylene terephthalate 2: HDPE = High-density polyethylene 3: V (PVC) = Polyvinyl chloride 4: LDPE = Low-density polyethylene 5: PP = Polypropylene 6: PS = Polystyrene 7: Other = Any other plastic

14. Currently, HDPE and PET are the two most commonly recycled resins.

15. How Can I Help? 10 Things you can do 1. Get a free home energy audit - Most public utilities will conduct a free audit and tell you how much power your household uses and offer strategies to help you reduce your energy consumption. 2. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Choose reusable products instead of disposables. 1. Get a free home energy audit - Most public utilities will conduct a free audit and tell you how much power your household uses and offer strategies to help you reduce your energy consumption. 2. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Choose reusable products instead of disposables.

16. How Can I Help? 10 Things you can do 3. Use Less Heat & Air Conditioning - Add insulation, weather stripping, caulking. This can save up to 25% on your energy use. Turn down your heat at night or when you are away. Just 2° higher in summer or lower in winter can save 2,000 lbs. of Carbon Dioxide each year.

17. How Can I Help? 10 Things you can do 4. Change a Light Bulb - Replacing just one 60- watt incandescent light bulb with a CFL will save you $30 over the life of the bulb. If every U.S. family replaced one regular light bulb with a CFL, it would eliminate 90 billion pounds of greenhouse gases, the same as taking 7.5 million cars off the road.

18. Change is Good. A compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb F Lasts 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs, F Uses two-thirds less energy F Gives off 70% less heat

19. How Can I Help? 10 Things you can do 5. Drive Less and Drive Smart - Less driving means fewer emissions. Besides saving gasoline, walking and biking are great forms of exercise. Check out options for carpooling to work or school. Make sure your car is running efficiently. Keeping your tires properly inflated can improve your gas mileage by more than 3 percent. Every gallon of gas you save not only helps your budget, it also keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. 5. Drive Less and Drive Smart - Less driving means fewer emissions. Besides saving gasoline, walking and biking are great forms of exercise. Check out options for carpooling to work or school. Make sure your car is running efficiently. Keeping your tires properly inflated can improve your gas mileage by more than 3 percent. Every gallon of gas you save not only helps your budget, it also keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

20. How Can I Help? 10 Things you can do 6.Buy Energy Efficient Products - When buying a new car, choose one that offers good gas mileage. Choose energy-efficient home appliances. Avoid products that come with excess packaging, especially molded plastic and other packaging that can't be recycled. If you reduce your household garbage by 10 percent, you can save 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide annually.

21. How Can I Help? 10 Things you can do 7. Use Less Hot Water - Set the water heater at 120 degrees to save energy. Buy low- flow showerheads to save hot water and about 350 pounds of carbon dioxide yearly. Wash your clothes in warm or cold water to reduce your use of hot water and the energy required to produce it, saving at least 500 pounds of carbon dioxide annually in most households. Use the energy-saving settings on your dishwasher and let the dishes air-dry. dishwasher 7. Use Less Hot Water - Set the water heater at 120 degrees to save energy. Buy low- flow showerheads to save hot water and about 350 pounds of carbon dioxide yearly. Wash your clothes in warm or cold water to reduce your use of hot water and the energy required to produce it, saving at least 500 pounds of carbon dioxide annually in most households. Use the energy-saving settings on your dishwasher and let the dishes air-dry. dishwasher

22. How Can I Help? 10 Things you can do 8.Use the “Off” Switch - Save electricity and reduce global warming by turning off lights when you leave a room. Remember to turn off your television, video player, stereo and computer when you're not using them. While brushing your teeth, shampooing the dog or washing your car, turn off the water until you actually need it for rinsing. You'll reduce your water bill and help to conserve a vital resource.

23. Saving Energy F While brushing teeth, leave the water off until it’s time to rinse. FWFWhile brushing teeth, leave the water off until it’s time to rinse.

24. Another example: F Unplug cell phone chargers when not in use. F This saves energy.

25. How Can I Help? 10 Things you can do 9. Plant a Tree - During photosynthesis, trees and other plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. They are an integral part of the natural atmospheric exchange cycle here on Earth, but there are too few of them to fully counter the increases in carbon dioxide caused by automobile traffic, manufacturing and other human activities. A single tree will absorb approximately one ton of carbon dioxide during its lifetime.

27. How Can I Help? 10 Things you can do 10. Encourage Others to Conserve - Share information about recycling and energy conservation with your friends, neighbors and co-workers. Take opportunities to encourage public officials to establish programs and policies that are good for the environment. ***Be A ROLE MODEL for your children. Teach them to be energy conscious. 10. Encourage Others to Conserve - Share information about recycling and energy conservation with your friends, neighbors and co-workers. Take opportunities to encourage public officials to establish programs and policies that are good for the environment. ***Be A ROLE MODEL for your children. Teach them to be energy conscious.

28. BE Proactive F These 10 steps will take you a long way toward reducing your energy use and your monthly budget. And less energy use means less dependence on the fossil fuels that create Greenhouse Gases and contribute to Global Warming.

29. What Are Other Things You Can Do?  Use Reusable Shopping Bags  Pay Your Bills Online  Use Rechargeable Batteries  Buy Recycled Products  Shop & Sell On Craig’s List  Compost Kitchen & Yard Waste  Recycle Your Car Tires  Choose Items with Least Packaging  Send E-Cards  Use Cloth Diapers  Recycle Car Batteries & Oil  Tune Up Your Car  Use Non-toxic Cleaners  Recycle Empty Prescription Bottles  Discontinue Junk Mail  Recycle Aluminum Cans  Recycle Newspapers  Recycle Plastic and Glass  Recycle Used Motor Oil  Recycle Your Shoes  Use Your Own Coffee Cup  Place a Brick in Your Toilet  Eat Your Vegetables

30. Eat Your Vegetables & Grains The larger the population, the more energy it takes to sustain the population. The same amount of grain can support ten times more people at the herbivore level than at the carnivore level. Eating more grains saves energy.

31. Energy Efficiency FACTSHEET http://www.energyideas.org/documents/factshe ets/hometips.pdf http://www.energyideas.org/documents/factshe ets/hometips.pdf

32. Let’s Protect This Beautiful World!!!

33. Can you think of at least 10 more ways to Go Green ?

34. Toward a Sustainable Future A sustainable society is a society in balance with the natural world, continuing generation after generation, neither depleting its resource base by exceeding sustainable yields nor producing pollutants in excess of nature’s capacity to absorb them.