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في سوريا المبادرة الخضراء للتنمية )أفكار كبيرة لكوكب صغير(مجموعة شركات تنموية لعمارة الخضراءا - الطاقة الخضراء

التطوير العقاري األخضر -الطاقة النظيفة رسمية غير حكومية مبادرة

International Initiative

(Big Ideas for A Small Planet)

Green Energy ‐ Green Build

Clean Energy ‐ Green Real Estate An Official & Non – Governmental Organization

Go Green Syria As a member of UNFCCC www.gogreensyria.org [email protected] الثروة البشرية.... كبنا ثروات كو أغنى إن Syria- Damascus -Mezzeh – West Villas Tel: +963 11 6124881/2/3 Fax :+963 11 6117131 E-mail: [email protected]

Biography of Dr .Eng Mohd Deeb

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Go Green Syria

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From Syria, the country which summarize seven thousand years of civilization, presented to humanity the first alphabet in history, the first plow farm, the first mirror, the first musical note, and the first concepts of environmental architecture. From the oldest city in history, from Syria which is one of the richest ten countries in the world with diversity of renewable energy sources. We are presenting Go Green Syria for Development.

We believe in our thoughts ....... Our steps are steady......... Our goals are clear ....... Syria the future.

Best Regards

Go Green Syria Dr.Eng Mohd Deeb

في سوريا المبادرة الخضراء للتنمية )أفكار كبيرة لكوكب صغير(مجموعة شركات تنموية لعمارة الخضراءا - الطاقة الخضراء

التطوير العقاري األخضر -الطاقة النظيفة رسمية غير حكومية مبادرة

International Initiative

(Big Ideas for A Small Planet)

Green Energy ‐ Green Build

Clean Energy ‐ Green Real Estate An Official & Non – Governmental Organization

Go Green Syria As a member of UNFCCC www.gogreensyria.org [email protected] الثروة البشرية.... كبنا ثروات كو أغنى إن Syria- Damascus -Mezzeh – West Villas Tel: +963 11 6124881/2/3 Fax :+963 11 6117131 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Eng Mohd Deeb, Syrian born, received his Bachelor's degree in engineering from Aleppo University in Syria and his doctorate degree in engineering from the University of Calgary in Canada. With an engineering career spanning over twenty years, Dr. Deeb has worked extensively throughout the Middle East, Canada and the United States. He has worked on various engineering projects including: construction of roads, water pipelines and housing projects; oil and gas development; oil

storage facilities; power plants, ceramic plants and chemical plants; bridges and dams; military projects; and factories, having worked for companies such as 3M, Midland Oil, MH Mille House, M2 Annual, Alfiahaa Company, United Arab Group and Potomac Energy. Dr. Deeb has been President of Energy Sources Inc. since 2003 and President of Naanovo Energy Sources Inc. since 2006. From 2007, member of USGBC and UNFCCC, Manager of Go Green program in Middle East as activity of IRENA 2008.

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Carbon pollution is causing the world's climate to change, resulting in extreme weather, higher temperatures, more droughts and rising sea levels.

Climate change is a global problem requiring a global solution, one where all major carbon polluting nations need to take comprehensive action to stabilise and reduce global levels of carbon pollution. Everyone needs to do their bit to tackle climate change by reducing carbon pollution.

Your carbon footprint is a measure of how your domestic and social activities are affecting the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases you produce per year, measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide. Your carbon footprint is the direct effect your actions and lifestyle have on the environment, in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. Every time you drive a car or use electricity, you are contributing to carbon dioxide emissions. Whenever you consume or use a product, it contributes towards your carbon footprint.

The carbon footprint for an average U.S. household is approximately 150 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) per day, more than twice the European average and nearly five times the global average. Experts suggest we need to reduce our carbon footprint by as much as 80 percent to effectively reverse global warming.

The chart above shows the main elements which make up the total of a typical person's carbon footprint in thedeveloped world.

Eleven of the past 12 years rank among the 12 warmest years!

What isCarbon Footprint?

Home-electricty12%

Private transport10%

Public transport3%

Holiday flights6%

Food & drink5%

Clothes andpersonal effects

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Car manufacture &delivery7%

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Recreation &leisure14%

Financial services3%

Share of publicservices12%

Home-gas, oiland coal15%

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Driving your car is the largest portion of your carbon footprint, about the size of your heel and arch put together! Track your mileage and calculate how many gallons of fuel you use each day. For each gallon of gasoline consumed, add 19.6 pounds of CO2. Lower your CO2 emissions by walking or bicycling, carpooling, riding public transportation, and planning errands around other necessary trips. Maintaining your vehicle keeps it running cleaner and also helps reduce your carbon footprint.

Each day record your kilowatt-hours (kWh) used. Every kilowatt-hour produces 1.5 pounds of CO2. But for every kilowatt-hour used, 2.2 are wasted, or lost, during transmission over electrical lines. Therefore, small changes can have a big impact. Reduce your usage by replacing standard light bulbs to compact fluorescents. Keep in mind, fluorescent light bulbs contain mercury so proper disposal at your local recycling center is a must. Turning off computers when not in use can reduce their carbon footprint by 50 percent.

Again, record your daily usage of natural gas. Every 100 cubic feet belches out 12 pounds of CO2. Propane gas uses slightly more at 12.6 pounds per gallon. Reduce your heating carbon footprint by replacing heater filters each month during the winter. If you have an older home with single pane windows, consider replacing them this summer for huge savings next winter. Your heating/cooling bill and your carbon footprint will reduce dramatically.

Gather your data and calculate your carbon footprint online. There are a number of easy-to-use calculators available and, while they may vary in the level of detailed information, each one will give you a good indication of where you stand in your carbon footprint.

If you follow all of the above steps then you will be well on your way towards reducing your carbon footprint, and you can stop global warming from devastating our natural environment.

The best way to reduce your carbon footprint is to go green’. The time to act is now, for tomorrow might be too late!

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Discover what factors contribute to global warming and then do your part by measuring and reducing your carbon footprint. By being aware of how your actions impact the Earth, you might easily be able to make some changes for the better.

Track your mileage

Read your electric meter

Track your natural gas or propane meter

Measure your carbon footprint

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Climate neutrality means changing the way we live and do businessin order to reduce and compensate for the impact of our

operations on the world's changing climate

Carbon Neutrality,Carbon Emissions

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Most modern activities release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. You add carbon emissions to the environment every time you drive a car, turn on a computer or even when you read this document. The question you may ask is

“Can polluting emissions from one person really harm the planet?”

The answer is really quite simple. Multiply the emissions by the world's six billion strong population, and the result is a planet that is being ravaged by the effects of climate change. You can slow the melting of the polar ice caps and the rising of the oceans by going carbon neutral.

The idea behind carbon neutrality is simple - for every ton of carbon you release into the atmosphere, you purchase a ton's worth of carbon offsets. A carbon offset is a credit purchased from a company that actively reduces the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. Wind and solar farms, geothermal plants and carbon sequestration projects all offer carbon offsets. These initiatives keep carbon dioxide out of the air, which in turn offsets the carbon you release into the air.

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Reduce your carbon emissions You might be doing a good deed by going carbon neutral, but that good deed will cost you - carbon offsets can be pricey. By reducing your overall emissions now, you'll end up paying less for your carbon offsets. Focus on simple and cost-effective measures to reduce your emissions - use public transit, take the train instead of a plane and buy energy efficient appliances.

Decide just how neutral you want to be Going completely carbon neutral can be expensive, so many people choose to offset only some of their activities. A business executive might choose to offset his plane travel. A family might decide to offset their home electricity use. And many brides/grooms are looking to offset the carbon emissions from their weddings. You might want to start your carbon neutral life by offsetting one of the leading causes of carbon emissions - car travel.

Use a carbon calculator to determine your total carbon emissions If you're looking to offset your carbon emissions, you'll need to know exactly how much pollution you produce. Some calculators are specific to one emission source - airplane or car travel. Other calculators help you figure out your daily carbon dioxide output. Each calculator gives you a different number; some calculators factor all polluting emissions into the equation, while others only consider carbon dioxide emissions. Based on your carbon emissions purchase your carbon offsets.

Purchase carbon offsetsYou can find dozens of vendors selling carbon offsets online. The carbon offset market is largely unregulated and price and quality can vary greatly from vendor to vendor. All offset vendors should be part of the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA); this organization requires all members to follow rules and regulations under its Code of Best Practice. Also look for projects that meet the Gold Standard, the highest standard for carbon offsets recognized by World Wildlife Federation International and Greenpeace International.

Once you've purchased your carbon offsets, you can rest easy knowing that your daily activities are not harming the earth. Once a year, review your emissions using a carbon calculator. With a new awareness of the state of the planet, you may find that you produced less CO2 than the year before. If so, you can purchase fewer carbon offsets next year - or you can choose to offset even more of your emissions.

Changing the organisational culture and fine tuning your lifestyle are essential steps in the collective efforts to achieve climate neutrality. While global warming is a global problem, each individual can make a difference!

Here are some practical ways you can offset your carbon emissions?


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FACTS ABOUT

GL BALWARMING


Definition“The earth is a natural greenhouse and is kept warm by water vapors, carbon dioxide (CO2), and other gases in the atmosphere, which absorb the sun’s energy and radiate it back toward the earth. This type of warming is called ‘natural greenhouse effect’. ‘Enhanced greenhouse effect’, on the other hand, causes global warming due to excessive levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.”

FactsAverage temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius) around the world since 1880, much of this in recent decades, according to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

The rate of warming is increasing. The 20th century's last two decades were the hottest in 400 years and possibly the warmest for several millennia, according to a number of climate studies.

The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that 11 of the past 12 years are among the dozen warmest since 1850.

The Arctic is feeling the effects the most. Average temperatures in Alaska, western Canada, and eastern Russia have risen at twice the global average, according to the multinational Arctic Climate Impact Assessment report compiled between 2000 and 2004.

Arctic ice is rapidly disappearing and the region may have its first completely ice-free summer by 2040 or earlier. Polar bears and indigenous cultures are already suffering from the sea-ice loss.

Glaciers and mountain snows are rapidly melting—for example, Montana's Glacier National Park now has only 27 glaciers, versus 150 in 1910. In the Northern Hemisphere, thaws also come a week earlier in spring and freezes begin a week later.

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Coral reefs, which are highly sensitive to small changes in water temperature, suffered the worst bleaching—or die-off in response to stress—ever recorded in 1998, with some areas seeing bleach rates of 70 percent.

Experts expect these sorts of events to increase in frequency and intensity in the next 50 years as sea temperatures rise.

An upsurge in the amount of extreme weather events, such as wildfires, heat waves, and strong tropical storms, is also attributed in part to climate change by some experts.

According to ‘The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’ humans have caused all or most of the current planetary warming. Human-caused global warming is often called anthropogenic climate change.

Industrialization, deforestation, and pollution have greatly increased atmospheric concentrations of water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, all greenhouse gases that help trap heat near Earth's surface.

Cars amount to three-quarters of all transportation emissions. At the current rate, the world will be driven on by more than a billion cars in 2030 and a billion more by 2050.

The earth’s atmosphere now contains 40% more CO2 than before the Industrial Revolution.

These gases persist in the atmosphere for years, meaning that even if such emissions were eliminated today, it would not immediately stop global warming.

Humans are pouring carbon dioxide into the atmosphere much faster than plants and oceans can absorb it.


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Some experts point out that the natural cycles in Earth's orbit can alter the planet's exposure to sunlight, which may explain the current trend. Earth has indeed experienced warming and cooling cycles roughly every hundred thousand years due to these orbital shifts, but such changes have occurred over the span of several centuries. Today's changes have taken place over the past hundred years or less.

Other recent research has suggested that the effects of variations in the sun's output are "negligible" as a factor in warming, but other, more complicated solar mechanisms could possibly play a role.

Sea level could rise between 7 and 23 inches (18 to 59 centimeters) by century's end. Rises of just 4 inches (10 centimeters) could flood many South Seas islands and swamp large parts of Southeast Asia.

Some hundred million people live within 3 feet (1 meter) of mean sea level, and much of the world's population is concentrated in vulnerable coastal cities.

Global warming could lead to large scale food and water shortages and have cata-strophic effects on wildlife.

Consequences

Glaciers around the world could melt, causing sea levels to rise while creating water shortages in regions dependent on runoff for fresh water.

Strong hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and other natural disasters may become commonplace in many parts of the world. The growth of deserts may also cause food shortages in many places.


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More than a million species face extinction from disappearing habitat, changing ecosystems, and acidifying oceans.

The ocean's circulation system, known as the ocean conveyor belt, could be permanently altered, causing a mini-ice age in Western Europe and other rapid changes.

At some point in the future, warming could become uncontrollable by creating a so-called positive feedback effect. Rising temperatures could release additional greenhouse gases by unlocking methane in permafrost and undersea deposits, freeing carbon trapped in sea ice, and causing increased evaporation of water.

According to the Internal Energy Agency, the world will invest some $20 trillion in new energy research over the next 25 years in an attempt to slow the effects of global warming.

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GSG r e e n S p e a kDon’t get daunted by eco-jargon any more.This glossary of 'Green' lexicon will put words and technical terms into contextand help you understand all things Green.Incase you wish to add some of your own, feel free to email us and we will be glad to share them with our planet-friendly readers.


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Air PollutionContaminants or substances in the air that interfere with human health or produce other harmful environmental effects.

Alternative EnergyUsually environmentally friendly, this is energy from uncommon sources such as wind power or solar energy, not fossil fuels.

Alliance to Save EnergyA non-profit coalition of business, government, environ-mental and consumer leaders. The Alliance to Save Energy supports energy efficiency as a cost-effective energy resource under existing market conditions and advocates energy-efficiency policies that minimize costs to society and individual consumers, and that lessen greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the global climate.

Alternative FuelsSimilar to alternative energy. Not fossil fuels, but different transportation fuels like natural gas, methanol, bio fuels and electricity.

Annual ConsumptionAnnual consumption refers to the amount of electricity used by a consumer in one year and is typically measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh). This information is available on your electricity bill or by contacting your energy provider.

BiodegradableSubstances which, when left alone, break down and are absorbed into the eco-system.

Black WaterThe wastewater generated by toilets.

BiodieselA type of fuel made by combining animal fat or vegetable oil with alcohol; biodiesel can be directly substituted for diesel), or be used as an additive.

BioenergyEnergy generated from renewable, biological sources such as plants, to be used for heat, electricity, or vehicle fuel.

BiomassLiving or recently-dead organic material that can be used as an energy source or in industrial production; excludes organic material that has been trans-formed by geological processes.

BrownfieldLand previously utilized by commercial or industrial facilities that remains abandoned with known or perceived environmental contamination.


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why recycle?Recycling reduces the need for extracting (mining, quarrying and logging), refining and processing raw materials all of which create substantial air and water pollution.


Carbon DioxideCarbon dioxide (CO2) is an atmospheric gas that is a major component of the carbon cycle. Although produced through natural processes, carbon dioxide is also released through human activities, such as the combustion of fossil fuels to produce electricity. Carbon dioxide is the predominate gas contributing to the greenhouse effect, and as such is known to contribute to climate change.

Carbon FootprintA measure of your impact on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide.

Carbon TradingA trading system for countries, companies and individuals designed to offset carbon emissions from one activity with another, whereby those who cannot meet their emissions goals may purchase credits from those who surpass their goals.

Clinton Climate InitiativeFocuses on worldwide issues that demand urgent action, solutions, and measurable results global climate change, HIV/AIDS in the developing world, childhood obesity and economic opportunity in the United States, and economic development in Africa and Latin America.

Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe continuing commitment by businesses to behave ethi-cally and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workplace as well as the local community and society at large; a company’s obligation to be accountable to all of its stakeholders in all its operations and activities with the aim of achieving sustainable development not only in the economic dimen-sion but also in the social and environmental dimensions.

Climate ChangeA change in temperature and weather patterns due to human activity like burning fossil fuels.

Compact Fluorescent LampA compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), also known as a compact fluorescent light bulb is a type of fluorescent lamp designed to replace an incandescent lamp. Compared to incandescent lamps of the same luminous flux, CFLs use less energy and have a longer rated life. A CFL can save over $30 in electricity costs over the lamp’s lifetime compared to an incandescent lamp and save 2000 times their own weight in greenhouse gases.

ConservationPreserving and renewing, when pos-sible, human and natural resources.


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green dishwasher tipInstead of letting your washer use electric heat or a fan to dry the dishes, just open the door at the end of the washing cycle and let them air dry.


DaylightingThe use of natural light to supplement or replace artificial lighting.

Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI)The first global indexes to track the financial performance of sustainability driven companies

Ecological FootprintThe area of land and water needed to produce the resources to entirely sustain a human population and absorb its waste products with prevailing technology. The concept of an ecological footprint is used as a resource management and community-planning tool.

Emissions Cap A limit placed on companies regarding the amount of greenhouse gases it can emit.

EmissionAnthropogenic releases of gases to the atmosphere. In the context of global climate change, they consist of radioac-tively important greenhouse gases.

Energy AuditA program carried out by a utility company in which an auditor inspects a home and suggests ways energy can be saved.

Energy Efficiency Refers to products or systems using less energy to do the same or better job than conventional products or systems. Energy efficiency saves energy, saves money on utility bills, and helps protect the environment by reducing the demand for electricity.

Fair TradeAn international trading partnership that seeks to help marginalized producers and workers achieve financial self-sufficiency by establishing direct lines of trade between producers and consumers, guaranteeing producers fair prices for goods, restricting exploitative labor processes, and favoring environmentally-sustainable production processes through a system of labeling products as “fair trade”

Fossil Fuels Fossil fuels are the nation’s principal source of electricity.The popularity of these fuels is largely due to their low costs. Fossil fuels come in three major forms - coal, oil, and natural gas. Because fossil fuels are a finite resource and cannot be replen-ished once they are extracted and burned, they are not considered renewable.


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green, healthy complex carbohydratesQuinoa is a complete protein, great for vegetarians. Going vegetarian has the same effect on carbon diox-ide emissions as switching from a Chevrolet Suburban to a Toyota Camry, according to a 2005 University of Chicago study.


Footprint Land area taken up by a building

Fuel Cell A technology that uses an electrochemical process to con-vert energy into electrical power. Often powered by natural gas, fuel cell power is cleaner than grid-connected power sources. In addition, hot water is produced as a by-product.

GreenA term that is widely used to describe a building and site that is designed in an environmentally sensitive manner, i.e. with minimal impact to the environment.

Green DesignA design, usually architectural, which conforms to environmentally sound principles of building, material and energy use. A green building, for example, might make use of solar panels, skylights, and recycled building materials.

Global Climate Change Climate change refers to any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). Climate change may result from:

• Natural factors, such as changes in the sun’s intensity orslow changes in the Earth’s orbit around the sun • Natural processes within the climate system (e.g. changesin ocean circulation)

• Human activities that change the atmosphere’scomposition (e.g. through burning fossil fuels) and the land surface (e.g. deforestation, reforestation, urbanization, desertification, etc.)

GreenwashingThe process by which a company publicly and misleadingly declares itself to be environmentally-friendly but internally participates in environmen-tally unfriendly practices.

Global WarmingThe average increase in the tempera-ture of the atmosphere near the Earth’s surface and in the troposphere, which can contribute to changes in global climate patterns. Global warming can occur from a variety of causes, both natural and human induced. In common usage, global warming often refers to the warming that can occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities.


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eco smart vacationSharing office supplies is way green, so if there's any-thing in your workspace that might be useful to a colleague while you're gone, like a stapler or other workplace goodies, make sure your coworker gets it before you lock your door.


Green WeddingHolding your wedding with the least environmental impact possible.

Greenhouse Effect The process that raises the temperature of air in the lower atmosphere due to heat trapped by greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and ozone.

Greenhouse Gases (GHG)Gases in the Earth’s atmosphere that produce the greenhouse effect. Changes in the concentration of certain greenhouse gases, due to human activity such as fossil fuel burning, increase the risk of global climate change. Greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, halogenated fluorocarbons, ozone, perfluorinated carbons, and hydrofluorocarbons.

ISO 14000 StandardsThe ISO 14000 Standards are a set of environmental standards designed by the International Organization for Standardization to ensure that businesses are environmentally responsible.

Kyoto ProtocolIn December 1997, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was held in Kyoto, Japan and was attended by delegates from 160 countries. A legally binding agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, was adopted by the countries in attendance, under which the industrialized nations agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 5.2 percent below 1990 emissions levels by 2010.

LandfillLand waste disposal site in which waste is generally spread in thin layers, compacted, and covered with a fresh layer of soil each day.

Mobius LoopThe Mobius Loop recycle symbol has no specific meaning but is generally under-stood to signify the interlocking steps of recycling: reuse, reduce, recycle.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)The Leadership in Energy and Environ-mental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, mate-rials selection, and indoor environmental quality.


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green powerRenewable energy resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass and low impact hydro generate green power


Ozone Layer In the upper atmosphere about 15 miles above sea level, it forms a protective layer which shields the earth from excessive ultraviolet radiation and occurs naturally.

Photovoltaic PanelsSolar panels that convert sunlight into electricity. Power is produced when sunlight strikes the semiconductor material and creates an electrical current.

RecyclingThe process of collecting, sorting, and reprocessing old material into usable raw materials.

Recyclable ProductsMaterials that can be collected, separated or removed from the solid waste stream for use in the manufacturing of another product.

ReforestationReplanting of forests on lands that have recently been harvested.

Renewable Energy Resources Energy sources that can keep producing energy indefinitely without being used up. To be considered renewable energy, a resource must rely on naturally existing energy flows such as sunshine, wind and water flowing. The energy source, or “fuel”, must be replaced by natural processes at a rate that is equal to, or faster than, the rate at which the energy source is consumed.

Solar Energy Energy from the sun.

Sustainability Meeting the needs of the present without depleting resources or harming natural cycles for future generations.

Solar PanelsA system that actively concentrates thermal energy from the sun by means of solar collector panels. The panels typically consist of fat, sun-oriented boxes with transparent covers, contain-ing water tubes of air baffles under a blackened heat absorbent panel. The energy is usually used for space heat-ing, for water heating, and for heating swimming pools.

Wind PowerEnergy generated from large propellers that when spun by the wind, drive turbines that power generators and create electricity.

Zero WasteA production system aiming to elimi-nate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials by conserving or recover-ing all resources.

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wind turbineA machine that captures the energy of the wind and transfers the motion to an electric generator shaft for the creation of electricity.



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A typical family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice,104 gallons of milk and 26 gallons of bottled water a year.

That's a lot of containers - LET'S MAKE SURE THEY ARE RECYCLED!

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Good For The Economy Companies rely on recycling programs to provide the raw materials they need to make new products. Recycling a single plastic bottle can conserve enough energy to light a 60-watt light bulb for up to six hours!

Creates JobsRecycling in the U.S. alone is a $236 billion a year industry. More than 56,000 recycling and reuse enterprises employ 1.1 million workers nationwide.

Reduces WasteThe average American discards seven and a half pounds of garbage every day. Most of this garbage goes into to landfills, where it's compacted and buried.

Good For The Environment Recycling requires far less energy, uses fewer natural resources, and keeps waste from piling up in landfills.

Saves Energy Recycling offers significant energy savings over manufacturing with virgin materials. (Manufacturing with recycled aluminum cans uses 95% less energy.)

Preserves Landfill Space Toxic pollution from landfills including cyanide, dioxins, mercury, methane, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and lead escapes into the air and leaches into groundwater.

Prevents Global Warming In 2000, recycling of solid waste prevented the release of 32.9 million metric tons of carbon equivalent into the air. Recycling one ton of glass results in energy savings of more than 300% and lowers carbon dioxide emissions by 3.46 tons

Reduces Water Pollution and the Use of Toxic ChemicalsMaking goods from recycled materials generates far less water pollution than manufacturing from virgin materials. Making products from already refined waste materials reduces and often avoids altogether the need for manufacturers to use toxic chemicals.

Saves Trees and Protects WildlifeHalf the Earth's forests are gone, and up to 95 percent of the original forest area in the U.S. has been cut down. Using recycled materials reduces the need to damage forests, wetlands, rivers and other places essential to wildlife.

Creates New Demand Recycling and buying recycled products creates demand for more recycled products, decreasing waste and helping our economy.

Recycling alone will not end resource destruction but it’s an important step along the road to a world of Zero Emissions and Zero Waste, or Z-squared. A Z-squared community promotes the sustainable and equitable use and distribution of resources.

Zero Emissions refers to emissions from transportation, energy and production - choosing alternative means of travel, alternative fuels, conservation, efficiencies, and renewable, abundant and non-polluting sources of energy like wind and solar.

Zero Waste refers to redesigning our production and consumption systems to use resources more efficiently, to prevent waste before it happens, and to incorporate all leftover materials back into the production cycle rather than discarding them as waste.

If each one of us can pair Zero Emissions and Zero Waste, together we can save our planet.

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