Sustainability Project REAL ONE

Steps to be Sustainable

Steven Shearing

Tommy Stupp

Deforestation

Thousands of square mile have been cut down each year.

Species driven out of home

Drastic change in temperature

Soil is dried up

Destruction of the Ecosystem

Steps to Be Sustainable: Deforestation

• Only true solution: careful management of clear cutting trees and plant new ones.

Steps to Reduce:

- Plant more trees, indigenous to your area

- Stop buying wood from lumber companies

Endangered Species

20,000 species have become endangered or gone extinct in the past 3 years.

Destruction of HabitatDeforestationPoachersPollutionIntroduction of new species

Ecosystem is dying

Steps to Be Sustainable: Endangered Species

Plant native trees and plants in your area and get rid of non-native trees and plants.

Do not buy animal furs or animal parts.

-EX: Black Rhino’s horn and cheetah skin

Stop buying so much wood

- likely that animal lived in that tree that was cut down.

Acid Rain • Acid Rain: rain

that contains more than normal amounts of nitric and sulfuric acid.

Hurts AnimalsDestroys Trees Accelerates DecayHarmful to human health

Destroys Ecosystem

Steps To Be Sustainable: Acid Rain

Cleaning out Smokestacks and pipes

Using coal with less sulfur

Switching from fossil fuels to other energy

Reduce emissions from oil factories, electrical uses and mining and smelting.

Reduce uses of wood burning, oil use, and natural gas.

Pollution• Pollution: is the

introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem

Smog and Acid Rain createdHoles in OzoneHarmful to human healthDangerous to animals and humans

Harmful to ecosystem

Steps to be Sustainable: Pollution

Don’t Smoke

Adequate Ventilation

Careful use of chemicals

Reduce emissions from mining, smelting, generating, oil operations, etc.

Reduce use of natural gas and wood burning

Reduce use of pesticides and harmful chemicals in both the water and on land

Overfishing

• Over 70% of world’s fisheries are over-exploited

Destruction and harmful changing of ecosystems

Steps to Be Sustainable: Overfishing

• Be informed-– Research articles, – Find information on local problems

• Know what you eat-– Eat the kinds of fish with least impact

• Spread the word• Only catch the restricted amount of fish allowed• Fish in only the allowed fishing zones• Do not catch and keep endangered or fish with

low population numbers

Trash Waste

Type of Liter Percentage

Fast Food Waste 33%

Paper 29%

Aluminum 28%

Glass 6%

Plastic 2%

Other 2%

Trash Waste: Overuse of MaterialsLittering

Littering: Don’t Care, Don’t Know, Lazy

409,000 million tons thrown out only out of U.S. each year

Consequences: The north pacific trash island two times Texas in Pacific. Harmful to the Environment and destroys the ecosystemKills animals and pollutes and clutters land

Object Decomposition Time

Styrofoam Container 1 Million Years

Plastic Jug 1 Million Years

Aluminum Can 200-500 Years

Disposable Diaper 550 Years

Tinned Can 90 Years

Leather Show 45 Years

Wool Sock 1 Year

Paper Bag 1 Month

Steps to Be Sustainable: Trash Waste

STOP LITTERING!

Use cloth napkins

Use sealable containers instead of plastic

Reuse cardboard boxes

Reuse materials

Recycle

Overall

All problems out there that humans have created are destroying not the earth, but the ecosystems on the earth. The ecosystems in which humans and other animals and plants live in. We are destroying not only all those animals and plants, we are destroying ourselves. It is not the earth that needs saving, but the human race. The human race needs to become more sustainable, the human race needs to fix the problems that it has created. More people just need to stand up for what’s right or humans may not be around for much longer and we’ll have no one to blame but ourselves. “It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can”. ~Sydney Smith

So how can you be Sustainable?Plant more trees, indigenous to your area. Stop buying wood from lumber companiesPlant native trees and plants in your area.

Do not buy animal furs or animal parts.Stop buying so much wood.

Cleaning out Smokestacks and pipesUsing coal with less sulfur

Switching from fossil fuels to other energyDon’t Smoke

Adequate Ventilation Careful use of chemicals

Reduce emissions from mining, smelting, generating, oil operations.Reduce use of natural gas and wood burning

Be informed on overfishingEat the kinds of fish with least impact

Spread the word on overfishingStop Littering

Reuse materialsRecycle

Thank you.