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1 Topic 3: Environmental Choices Pg 29-36
Your Ecological Footprint: Sustainability: resources from nature are being renewed at least as quickly as they are used and all wastes are able to be completely absorbed. Ecological Footprint: A calculation of the total area of land and water needed to supply all of the materials and energy you use, as well as absorb all the waste that you produce.

2 Your Ecological Footprint

3 Your Ecological Footprint:

4 Your Ecological Footprint:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

5 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Reduce Reuse Recycle Use less Reduce the amount of garbage you produce Avoid buying things that are individual wrapped Use a lunch kit instead of disposable bags Bring your own bags to the grocery/clothing store Reuse anything you can Containers for leftovers instead of ziplock bags Give away used clothes to siblings, friends, or to charity Items you cannot reuse you may be able to recycle. When you recycle something it gets turned in to something else Compost food from your kitchen Newspapers/boxes/paper Cans/bottles/plastics

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7 Textbook page 36 Questions: 2. 4. Quiz on Topic 1-3 coming soon…
Review Textbook page 36 Questions: Quiz on Topic 1-3 coming soon…


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