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What is going green?

What is going green?. The process of adding sustainable principles into your lifestyle. Essential Question:. Why is it important to go green?. Earth environmental awareness Protecting our natural resources Conserving energies Save human and animal lives. Unit Question:. GOING GREEN.

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What is going green?

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  1. What is going green? The process of adding sustainable principles into your lifestyle. Essential Question:

  2. Why is it important to go green? Earth environmental awareness Protecting our natural resources Conserving energies Save human and animal lives Unit Question:

  3. GOING GREEN BY: Delores Badie

  4. Overview • Global warning • Air pollution • Recycling • Transportation • Greening schools • It’s Healthier

  5. Global Warning The polar bear will be the first animal to become endangered

  6. Ways to reduce global warning • Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb • Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner • Move your thermostat down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer • Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly

  7. Ways to reduce global warning • Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket • Cover your pots while cooking • Use the washing machine or dishwasher only when they are full • Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible

  8. AIRPOLLUTION Global Warning is gradually increasing in the earth's surface temperature

  9. Recycling To produce plastic 300 cubic feet of natural gas, 2 cups of crude oil and 24 gallons of water are used. Plastic is so durable, that it will take about a million years to decompose in landfills.

  10. Transportation • Walk • Carpool • Bike • Bus Reduces air pollution and saves energy

  11. Greening Your Schools

  12. Tips on greening your classroom Recycle material Classroom lectures

  13. It’s Healthier • Living a greener life is paying attention to what you eat and how you live

  14. To log onto green living by clicking on picture for more information:

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