What are the 4 R’s?
- Reduce
- Reuse
- Recycle
- Repair
What are two examples of reducing?
- Switch off all electronic appliances, don’t leave them on standby.
- Turn the lights off in rooms that aren’t being used
What are two examples of reusing?
- Where it is possible use rechargeable batteries instead of normal ones
- if you use plastic containers to store your lunch everyday, reuse them instead of throwing them out and using a new one
What are two examples of recycling?
- Do not throw out old shoes and clothes, bring them to your local charity shop
- All newspapers, brochures and leaflets can be recycled, thereby reducing deforestation
What are two examples of repairing?
- If the screen on your phone cracks, place a piece of tape over it instead of pushing for a new model.
- Repair leaks. A leaking tap can waste 90 litres of water a day
What is our carbon number?
The amount of greenhouse gases we produce each year
List 6 things you can bring to a bringbank?
- Cardboard
- Glass
- Plastic
- Batteries
- Clothes
- White goods
- DIY rubble
What is a landfill site?
It’s where all the waste is buried under the earth
What is incineration?
Where waste is burned in a controlled environment
Who deals with the waste on our community?
The Environmental Awareness Officer
What is the Environmental Awareness Officer’s duties?
- Setting up green schools
- Setting up recycling facilities
- Writing information leaflets and distributing them
- Running campaigns to encourage good waste management practices
- Organising advertisement campaigns
What government department is responsible for stewardship?
The department of the environment, heritage and local government
What benefits do trees have?
- Producing food for wildlife
- Protecting soil from erosion
- Providing habitats for animals, insects, birds and plants
- Adding valuable nutrients to the soil
- Absorbing pollutants from the air
Name two TD’s from the Green Party
- John Gormley
- Eamon Ryan
Name four policies of the Green Party
- Reducing the amount of waste put in landfills
- Resisting super dumps
- Being against nuclear power in Ireland
- Finding alternatives to incineration as a solution to waste management
What agreements were made by the people at Kyoto?
- Reducing the amount of fossil fuels burned.
- Reducing the number of trees cut down in poor countries
- Promoting the use of clean fuels as an alternative to fossil fuels
What was the Bali Agreement?
Countries agreed that the best was to help the environment was to work together by promoting the use of clean and alternative types of energy
Name four types of green energy
- Solar
- Hydroelectric
- Wind
- Biomass
What happened at chernobyl?
An explosion at a power plant caused 190 tonnes of radioactive material to be released into the atmosphere.
The wind and rain transported the radioactive material all over Europe and even as far as Ireland.
What is stewardship?
Being responsible for the care of our planet
