Nature matters(or How to save the Planet)

By João Paulo Alves

This is Earth

Not

actual

size

It is extremely small

Saturn

Jupiter

Sun(too big to fit on this graphic)

Source: Wikipedia

Yet it is treated as if its

resources were infinite

They are clearly not!

Problems are

There are all sorts of problems

Global warming Deforestation Lack of fresh

watter

Earth is getting hot.

Green house gases are causing this

Gases that come mostly from human activity

and burning of fossil fuels.

Forests are being destroyed

Forests are being destroyed

An area equivalent to

football fields of amazonian forest will have been

destroyed when you finish this presentation

Source: Greenpeace

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Source:http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=-10.90883,-62.056274&spn=3.785855,4.768066&z=8

24

5 m

ile

s (

39

4 k

m)

181 miles (291 km)

This area used to be Amazonian forest

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24

5 m

ile

s (

39

4 k

m)

181 miles (291 km)

This area used to be Amazonian forest

Now it’s completely

gone

We’re also

running out of fresh

“By 2025, one third of

the global population will

not have access to

adequate drinking water.

”Lord Nicholas Stern, author of the Government's Stern Review

on the economics of climate change

“Is it a crisis? If we don't do some

decent water planning, it could be.”

Jack Hoffbuhr, director of American Water Works Association.

We’re clearly heading into the

wrong direction

Turn off lights and

appliances when

you leave a room.

Turn off lights and

appliances when

you leave a room.

Use public transportation

Use public transportation

Or better

WALK!

But if you really have to

Choose an hybrid

Photo by Udo Richter

An hybrid car,,that is.

Plant a tree

Verify that your home

is leak-free.

Reduce the amount of time

you spend on the shower

Buy

recycled

paper.

Buy

recycled

paper.

(No, I also did not know that

recycled toilet paper existed)

Prefer fluorescent lights.

electronics in stand-by.

Turn

off

cle

Alert

younger

generations

about

these

issues

Photo by DartVader

And remember what

Chief Seattle once said

Photo by valerio

THE ENDOr is it just a new beginning?

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