1. HANIEKA BALINT Nepal

2. Before we begin… https://encrypted- tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT6p40kwc3d65kR44dQhQIN7Gd12IhcttnGJi7_ywjIl-Qf79r7P- qUXIA

3. What if you lived in Nepal rather than the United States? You would… have 7.5 times higher chance of dying in infancy have 4.9 times more chance of being unemployed use 99.38% less electricity consume 99.01% less oil make 97.41% less money die 12.43 years sooner have 62.18% more babies spend 99.23% less money on health care experience 4.89% more of a class divide be 16.67% less likely to have HIV/AIDS http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/US/NP

4. Problem #1- Endangered Animals https://encrypted- tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7F80eSLTaNnZwfruNg8A AWc0MEEU5tHz4fYHbi8fyOetp0EHFZA

5. Problem #1- Endangered Animals Men in China admire fine tiger and leopard pelts. BeforeAfter A Bengal tiger cub rests in Nepal. http://www.himalayanfootsteps.com/wp- content/uploads/2011/10/1906662004_7a32214d77.jpg http://www.occupyforanimals.org/china-reopens-trade-in- tiger-and-leopard-skins-2011.html

6. More About Snow Leopards 5,000 meters Tree line Snow Leopard Habitat

7. More About Snow Leopards 5,000 meters Snow Leopard Habitat Tree line

8. Endangered Animals continued… This image shows the number of rhinos left in the world. Confiscated Asian elephant tusks in the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/elephants/ asian_elephants/areas/issues/illegal_hunting_trade/ https://encrypted- tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSIt0Utvd hVc6mtgqj_OmyJiaxtxRd3cO3BgikZso5bZ5ApXC EMfzVEi6c

9. Problem #2- Trash! (Bagmati River) Who needs a sewage system when everyone can dump their stuff into the river instead?

10. Bagmati River Continued. http://image.ohmynews.com/down/images/1/yamanin_328936_1[548324].jpg

11. Trash continued… (Mt Everest) Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, brings many climbers and all of their trash.

12. Problem #3- Air Pollution http://www.vancouverobserver.co m/sites/vancouverobserver.com/fil es/resize/images/blog/body/pollut ed%20scene%20Kathmandu_0- 500x334.jpg The busy streets of Kathmandu hold people, buildings, cars, and dust.

13. Problem #4- Himalayan Glaciers http://www.himalayanconsensus.org/files/images/glaci er_bay012905.jpg A glacier in the Himalayas in 1941… …and the same glaciers afterwards.

14. Problem #4 “the melting glaciers will have an adverse impact on biodiversity, hydropower, industries and agriculture, flooding hydroelectric plants and inundating fields.” -Gopal Sharma, journalist for Reuters

15. Problem #4 Before: Glaciers melt slowly & gradually Water flows down to hydropower plants Nepal gets highest hydropower potential in the world (84,000 megawatts) After: Glaciers melt fast & not gradually Hydropower companies cannot handle it Nepal gets looooong blackouts (up to 20 hour power cuts per day).

16. Problem #4 “the melting glaciers will have an adverse impact on biodiversity, hydropower, industries and agriculture, flooding hydroelectric plants and inundating fields.” -Gopal Sharma, journalist for Reuters “industries” = tourism

17. Problem #4 Gopal Sharma says that tourism is “…a key pillar of the impoverished local economy, which relies on that and aid for survival.”

18. Problem #4 Nepalese citizens crowd at a highway after a flood. http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo/_new/pb-080826-nepalFlood-birkett.photoblog900.jpg

19. Problem #4 -Bharat Tharpa, Nepalese farmer "During the entire rainy season we don't sleep well, always fearing that another flood could hit our village," "We are not responsible for the climate change. Why are we made to suffer then?"

20. Solution #1- Endangered Animals http://www.nepal- uncovered.com/guide/nepal/sukla_phan ta.php A rhino in Sukla Phanta National Park. A tiger in Sukla Phanta National Park, Nepal.

21. Solution #2- Trash Volunteers participate in cleaning up the Bagmati River. http://www.globalpeace.org/images/news/news-2013/nepal/bag_volun.jpg

22. Problem #2 Trash Some of the many works of art created from Mt. Everest trash. http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/innov ations/Images/2012-11-26T175234Z_01_NEP04_RTRIDSP_3_NEPAL-EVEREST- TRASH-119.jpg?uuid=rRFbsDmfEeKwH19VsZP1jw http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/in novations/Images/2012-11-26T175320Z_01_NEP03_RTRIDSP_3_NEPAL- EVEREST-TRASH.jpg?uuid=cPwC9jmfEeKwH19VsZP1jw

23. Solution #3 http://www.workandvolunteer.com/environmental- action-volunteer A volunteer from Twin maintains vegetation in Nepal.

24. The End http://www.loyaltours.com/images/nepal/Ghandrung%20Village%20and%20Annapurna%20 South,%20Nepal,%20Himalaya.jpg