Слайд 2ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
Ecology is the science of how living things are
related to their environment.
Many Americans are concerned about their ecology today. They are concerned about protecting the environment from pollution, overcrowding, and destruction of natural resources.
Слайд 3Recycle aluminum cans.
Making aluminum from recycled aluminum uses 90% less energy
than making aluminum from scratch.
In 1993 alone, aluminum can recycling aluminum can operate a television set for three hours.
If you throw an aluminum can out of the train window, it will still litter the Earth up to 500 years later.
When you toss out one aluminum can you waste as much energy as if you’d filled the same can half full of gasoline and poured it onto the ground.
Recycle!!!
Слайд 4Don’t Buy Drinks in Plastic Bottles
FACT: Americans use 2.5 million plastic
bottles every year. These bottles can’t be recycled and won’t ever degrade.
WHAT TO DO: Only buy soda and other drinks in aluminum cans or glass bottles. Buy milk or juice in cartons. Then recycle them.
Слайд 5Use paper, not plastic
FACT: It takes a whole tree to make
about 500 paper grocery bags. But plastic bags are worse because they can’t be recycled, and the plastic will never decompose.
Слайд 6Recycle newspaper
Recycled paper could easily be substituted for virgin paper
in many cases without any loss of quality.
Making newspaper from “old” paper uses 30% to 55% less energy than making paper from trees; and it reduces air pollution by 95%.
REUSE OLD NEWSPAPER! It takes an annually – which means we consume more than 850 million trees. That means the average American uses about 580 pounds of paper each year!
Слайд 7Use less paper
FACT: American offices throw away enough paper every year
to build a wall 12 feet high across the country. But, right now, we save 200 million of paper a year by recycling.
WHAT TO DO: Most paper thrown away in the office just has printing on one side. Ask your parents to bring home some of this paper so you can use the blank side for writing or drawing, or cut it into smaller sizes and staple it together to make note pads.
FACT: It takes 500,000 trees just to make the newspaper we read every Sunday.
WHAT TO DO: Save your family’s newspapers. Find out how to recycle newspaper in your area.
Слайд 8Don’t throw your old batteries in the trash
FACT: Americans throw out
2.5 billion pounds of batteries a year. Toxic chemicals in batteries can be released into the environment, especially if they are burned.
WHAT TO DO: Save your old batteries and take them to a recycling centre.
Слайд 9Pick up litter
FACT: Litter is not only ugly, but it can
be harmful to wildlife. Small animals can get hurt on sharp cans or broken bottles.
WHAT TO DO: Pick up litter you see as you are walking. Throw away trash. Recycle bottles and cans.
Слайд 10Save water
Find the Leaky Toilets in Your House.
FACT: A leaky toilet
can waste 20,000 gallons of water a year. That’s enough to fill up a swimming pool.
Find the leaky faucets in your house
FACT: A leaky faucet can waste 3,000 gallons of water a year.
WHAT TO DO: Check all the faucets in your house. Check the ones outside, too, where the garden hose is. Make sure that it is turned off, then watch for a minute to make sure that there are no drips. If there are, get someone to fix it.
Слайд 11Water the lawn early in the morning
FACT: If you water the
lawn in the middle of the day when the sun is hot, most of the water evaporates before it gets to the roots.
WHAT TO DO: It is best to water the lawn in the coolest part of the day.
The best time to water is early in the morning, before the sun gets hot.
Слайд 12Turn out the lights and appliances when you are not using
them
FACT: The electric company burns coal to produce the energy that keeps your lights on. That burning coal gives off gases that cause the greenhouse effect and acid rain.
WHAT TO DO: Turn off the lights when you leave the room, and turn off the lights in the room that you really don’t need. In the daytime, sit closet to the window to read instead of turning on a light. Turn off the TV or the stereo when you aren’t watching or listening.
Слайд 13Life Skills
Dear boys and girls!
Take care of your motherland. Don’t cut
the wild flowers. They may all disappear. Plant one oak tree a year. From one oak a forest glows. It is very simple. Put one acorn into the land. Never throw or break glass bottles. You damage the land. Take only what you need from the land. Give more to the land than what you take.