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Climate Change
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Climate Change: What is a Greenhouse Gas?
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Why is it called the “Greenhouse Effect”?
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A Map of the World
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Visualizing How a Population Grows to 7 Billion http://www.npr.org/2011/10/31/141816460/ visualizing-how-a-population-grows-to-7- billion
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Population
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Energy Consumption
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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What is a Carbon Footprint? Your carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO 2 (carbon dioxide), which were induced by your activities in a given time frame
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Carbon Footprints World Wide
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Ways to Reduce Our Carbon Footprints Take public transportation, walk, ride a bicycle, carpool Switch to an electric or hybrid car Less air travel Use energy efficient lightbulbs and appliances Recycle and reuse stuff Don’t be wasteful Eat food grown locally Eat less meat – If your four-person family skips steak 1 day a week [for a year], it’s like taking your car off the road for almost 3 months
![Ways to Reduce Our Carbon Footprints Take public transportation, walk, ride a bicycle, carpool Switch to an electric or hybrid car Less air travel Use energy efficient lightbulbs and appliances Recycle and reuse stuff Don’t be wasteful Eat food grown locally Eat less meat – If your four-person family skips steak 1 day a week [for a year], it’s like taking your car off the road for almost 3 months](http://images.slideplayer.com/25/8102800/slides/slide_11.jpg "Ways to Reduce Our Carbon Footprints Take public transportation, walk, ride a bicycle, carpool Switch to an electric or hybrid car Less air travel Use energy efficient lightbulbs and appliances Recycle and reuse stuff Don’t be wasteful Eat food grown locally Eat less meat – If your four-person family skips steak 1 day a week [for a year], it’s like taking your car off the road for almost 3 months")
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Obesity World Wide
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