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Hungary

Hungary. Grace Morton Tamarac Middle School, Grade 7 RPI EcoEd Research Program Spring 2013. This picture was taken by my dad when he went to Budapest. Geography. Government. Parliamentary democracy Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Major Bodies of Water. THE RIVER DANUBE. THE RIVER TISZA.

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Hungary

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  1. Hungary Grace Morton Tamarac Middle School, Grade 7 RPI EcoEd Research Program Spring 2013 This picture was taken by my dad when he went to Budapest.

  2. Geography

  3. Government • Parliamentary democracy • Prime Minister • Viktor Orban

  4. Major Bodies of Water THE RIVER DANUBE THE RIVER TISZA This is another picture from my dad’s trip. LAKE BALATON http://eeagrants.org/Results/Project-stories/Protecting-the-environment-around-Lake-Balaton#story

  5. Air Pollution http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf

  6. Soil pollution It doesn’t hurt humans directly, but it hurts animals and plants living and growing in the soil. • Sulfur dioxide • Contaminated clouds • Acid rain • Polluted soil http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/soil-takes-years-recover-pollution-spills/121/

  7. Toxic Red Sludge Spill http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11498884 • Sludge contains iron oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, calcium oxide, titanium dioxide and sodium oxide • Hungarian Aluminum (MAL) http://www.geoeye.com/corpsite/gallery/gallery-image.aspx?2140&g=17

  8. Population • Declining at 0.81% • Death Rate is slowly growing while birth rate is shrinking • Government is encouraging people to have children • Got below 10,000,000 in 2010 • Needs to get back up • Lowest ever since 1960 • Government will lower taxes for families with three or more children.

  9. Estimations for Renewable Energy http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf

  10. Renewable Energy Strategy Population Energy efficiency Nuclear Energy Fossil Fuels Renewable energy http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf

  11. Bicycling Szeged, Hungary This bike-sharing station is in France. http://www.xpatloop.com/news/bike_sharing_coming_to_hungary_in_march

  12. Environmental Organizations • Clean Air Action Group • Monitoring air quality in Hungarian cities • One of Hungary’s most well known environmental organizations • European Environmental Area Grants • Norway, Sweden, and a few other countries • Loan money to clean up the environment • Recently did a project with Lake Balaton

  13. Q & A Thank you!

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