What are the four R’s?
- Reduce
- Reuse
- Recycle
- Repair
What is someones carbon number?
This is the amount of greenhouse gases each person on the planet produces each year
What is incineration?
Incineration is the burning of waste under controlled conditions
Why is incineration contervesial?
People believe it is harmful to peoples health and the enviroment
Why do we need to take care of our planet?
We need to take care of our planet so future generations can enjoy it as much as we have
When was the green schools program launched?
In 1997
What are four ways you can reduce?
- turn off lights in rooms that are not being used
- take shower instead of bath, use 70% less water
- run dishwasher only when it has a full load
- when boil a kettle only fill to the water you actually need
List two ways of reusing?
- use rechargeable batterie
* create a compost pile
List four ways of recyling
- bring old clothes to charity shops
- rinse old tin cans and glass bottles n’ bring to recyling centre
- bring old christmas tree to local collection centre where it can be processed in mulch for gardening
- recyle all newspapers
List 2 ways of reparing
- repair broken appliances rather than disposing of them
* fix leaking taps, they can waster up to 90 litres per day
Examples of items we can recyle
- paper
- plastic
- cardboard
- glass
- batteries
- clothes
What is the goverment department with responsibility for stewardship of the enviroment in Ireland?
Department of enviroment, heritage and local goverment
What are the effects of global warming?
- drought
- famine
- rising sea levels
- floods
What are some examples of conferences and agreements held between countries about the enviroment?
- the kyoto protocol - 1997
- the bali agreement - 2007
- UN General Assembly Summit on Climate Change - 2009
What are some other challenges to the enviroment?
- oil spills
- radioative polution
- rainforest reduction
- dissapearing seas
What is an example of an oil spill
Gulf of mexico
Example of radioactive polution?
Chernobyl
Example of rainforest reduction?
Amazon
Example of disappearing seas
Aral Sea
When did Chernobyl occur?
In the 26th of April 1986
What does an enviromental awareness officer do?
- set up recycling facilities
- set up schools ‘green schools’ programe
- running campaigns encouraging good waste management
- organising advertising campaigns
What is one TD for the green party?
John Gormley
The minister of the department of enviroment, hertitage and local goverment?
Alan Kelly
