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Conservation of natural resources mean us using of mother earth's natural resources wisely,not wasting it and cause the suffering environment.The conservation of natural resources is linked to the environment.If human being like us tend to waste natural resources,like now what most people are doing,soon,our mother earth will not be able to take it and thus the suffering environment will impact on our lives,we will be the ones who will suffer.Instead of listing out all the impact we did to the environment,we would only focus on the most concern impact-the contribution of us to global warming.Most people just know that global warming might cause the end of our mother earth and hotter weather in countries and irregular change of seasons in some seasonal countries,which is not suppose to be.But other than that,there are still alot of damaged to the earth environment by wasting natural resources that causes global warming,which most of us did not know.We waste natural resources by
using of fuels for petrol, burning fossil fuels(coal, oil, and natural gas) and the clearing of land.Most burning occurs in automobiles,factories,and electric power plants that provide energy for houses and office buildings.Burning of fossil fuels provides energy for automobiles,houses and office buildings,but burning of it creates carbon dioxide while clearing of land,removes large amount of trees which will aid in reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment.All these are the activites we do that contribute to global warming,and that is because we are wasting the natural resources that we have,like not saving electricity,using of cars instead of public transport and cutting of trees to make it into the source that we need,other damaged to the earth because of global warming is that increase in temperature is enough to melt the polar ice and it then raises up the sea level.And because of that,in certain parts of the world,human disease could spread,and crop yields could decline.Conservation of natural resources is closely linked to the enivironment and so by doing all these research for our project,we learnt that we should not waste our natural resources as and when we like,but instead,we should treasure it and use it wisely,and we hope that everyone will take a responsiblity in saving the earth.
ENVIRONMENT ISSUES.1. Environment Goes Mainstream
The most significant environmental issue of 2000-2009 was the environment itself. During the past 10 years, the environment played an increasingly important role in almost every aspect of modern life—from politics and business to religion and entertainment. The environment was a pivotal issue in all three of the decade's U.S. presidential elections, commanded more congressional attention than any issue except the economy and health care, and was the subject of government action and debate worldwide. During the past decade, businesses embraced green initiatives, religious leaders declared environmental stewardship a moral imperative, and stars from Hollywood to Nashville promoted the virtues of green living and environmental protection.2. Climate Change
Climate change, and particularly human-generated global warming, has been the topic of more scientific research, political debate, media attention and public concern than any environmental issue of the past 10 years. A truly global issue that demands a global solution, climate change has sparked worldwide concern, but so far has failed to inspire world leaders to set aside their national agendas and work together to craft an international strategy.3. Overpopulation
Between 1959 and 1999, the global population doubled, growing from 3 billion to 6 billion in just 40 years. According to current projections, the world population will expand to 9 billion by 2040, which will lead to severe shortages of food, water and energy, and dramatic increases in malnutrition and disease. Overpopulation is also expected to exacerbate other environmental problems, such as climate change, loss of wildlife habitat, deforestation, and air and water pollution.4. Global Water Crisis
About one third of the world population, one in every three people on Earth, suffers from a scarcity of fresh water—a crisis that will only get worse as the population increases unless new sources of fresh water are developed. At present, we're not even doing a good job of using and preserving the sources we already have. According to the United Nations, for example, 95 percent of the world’s cities still dump raw sewage into their water supplies.5. Big Oil and Big Coal versus Clean Energy
Our use of renewable energy grew significantly during the past decade, even as Big Oil and Big Coal continued to push their products as the answer to most of the world's energy needs. With the end of global oil supplies not far off, the oil industry's claims sound like a swan song. Big Coal still supplies most of the electricity used in the United States, China and many other nations, but coal has other problems. A major coal ash spill at a Tennessee power plant in 2008 focused attention on inadequate disposal methods for toxic coal waste. Meanwhile, mountaintop mining scarred the landscape of Appalachia and other coal-rich regions of the U.S. and sparked a growing protest movement that attracted national media and political attention.6. Endangered Species
Every 20 minutes on Earth, another animal species dies out, never to be seen again. At the current rate of extinction, more than 50 percent of all living species will be gone by the end of the century. Scientists believe that we are in the midst of the sixth great extinction to occur on this planet. The first wave of the current extinction may have started a long as 50,000 years ago, but the accelerated pace is largely due to human influences such as overpopulation, loss of habitat, global warming and species exploitation. According to author Jeff Corwin, the black market for rare animal parts—such as shark fins for soup and African elephant ivory—is the third-largest illegal trade in the world, exceeded only by weapons and drugs.7. Nuclear Energy
Chernobyl and Three Mile Island chilled U.S. enthusiasm for widespread use of nuclear energy, but this was the decade that the chill began to thaw. The United States already gets 70 percent of its non-carbon generated electricity from nuclear power, and even some environmentalists have started to concede that nuclear energy will inevitably play an important role in future U.S. and global energy and climate strategies—despite ongoing concerns about the lack of a long-term solution for safe and secure nuclear waste disposal.8. China
China is a world's most populous country, and during the past decade it surpassed the United States as the nation that emits the most greenhouse gas emissions—a problem that could get worse as China builds more coal-fired power plants and more of the Chinese people trade their bicycles for cars. China is home to several cities with the world's worst air quality as well as some of the world's most polluted rivers. In addition, China has been named a source of cross-border pollution for Japan, South Korea, and other Asian countries. On the bright side, China has invested billions of dollars in environmental protection, pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, moved to phase out incandescent light bulbs, and banned the use of plastic bags.9. Food Safety and Chemical Contamination
From phthalates in cosmetics to C-8 in cookware and other non-stick items to bisphenol A (BPA) in thousands of everyday products, consumers have become increasingly concerned about the variety of under-regulated and under-researched chemicals and other additives they and their families are exposed to every day. Throw in food safety issues such as genetically modified crops, food tainted with salmonella and E.coli bacteria, milk and other food containing hormones or antibiotics, baby formula laced with perchlorate (a chemical used in rocket fuel and explosives), and it's no wonder consumers are worried.10. Pandemics and Superbugs
The decade saw growing concerns about possible pandemics and new or resistant viruses and bacteria—such as avian flu, swine flu and the so-called superbugs—many of them rooted in environmental causes related to such things as factory farming. Superbugs, for example, are created by the proliferation of antibiotics caused by everything from doctors prescribing antibiotics when they aren't warranted to the widespread and unnecessary use of antibiotic soap. But some 70 percent of antibiotics are fed to healthy pigs, poultry and cattle, and end up in our food and water supply.What Risks
Do Environmental
Problems Create?
Our Global Population
Environmental issues have profound effects on the living conditions of people worldwide. The water shortage in many parts of the world, cross-border pollution, and rising sea levels are just a few of the challenges facing our global population.
Air Quality
What's wrong with our air quality? And how does poor air quality and air pollution affect life on Earth? Learn about the environmental issues of air quality and air pollution, and what's being done to improve--or worsen--our air quality.
Human Health
How do environmental issues create disease? What are the dangers of the chemicals we use every day? Are cell phones and noise pollution harmful? Learn how environmental issues affect your health by causing or contributing to health problems and diseases around the world.
Our Food Supply
Are genetically modified or cloned foods safe? How have environmental issues affected the world's food supply? Learn how environmental factors affect the quality and availability of our food.
Drinking Water
As temperatures, wind patterns and pollution affect natural water sources, more people around the world have trouble finding drinking water--or any water at all. In other countries, water is plentiful but not safe to drink. Find out how the lack of clean water affects people around the world, and what's being done to provide fresh water.
Wildlife and Habitats
Why are so many of the world's species being listed as threatened or face extinction? Why are natural wetlands important? Find out how wildlife around the world are being threatened by pollution, hunting, loss of habitat and other environmental issues, and what's being done to save them.
What Can You
Do to Protect
and Preserve
the Environment?
Live Green
Want to put more “green” in your life by saving money and reducing waste? Here is practical information about environmentally friendly food, drink, fashions, cars and cleaning products, to name a few. Make eco-friendly lifestyle choices and buying decisions that will help sustain the environment rather than deplete it.
Reduce Global Warming
Reduce Global WarmingReducing global warming may seem like a daunting task, but if each of us makes a commitment to taking steps now, we can make a difference. For example, if every family in the United States replaced one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent, 90 billion pounds of greenhouse gases would be eliminated.Conserve Energy
One way to do your part to protect the environment is to make choices every day that enable you to use less energy.
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle are know as the 3 Important Rs!
They are also known as the 3Rs of the environment.
We should all learn and practice the 3Rs. Firstly, do not buy things that are not needed or items that come in wasteful packaging or that cannot be recycled. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle whenever you can..
1) Reduce
Reduce means decreasing something(:
Reducing the amount of waste you produce is the best way to help the environment. There are lots of ways to do this. For example:
•Buy products that don't have a lot of packaging. Some products are wrapped in many layers of plastic and paperboard even though they don't need to be. You can also look for things that are packed in materials that don't require a lot of energy or resources to produce. Some products will put that information right on their labels.
•Instead of buying something you're not going to use very often, see if you can borrow it from someone you know.
•Cars use up energy and cause pollution. Some ways to reduce the environmental damage caused by cars include carpooling with friends, walking, taking the bus, or riding your bike instead of driving.
•Start a compost bin. Some people set aside a place in their yard where they can dispose of certain food and plant materials. Over time, the materials will break down through a natural process called decomposition. The compost is good for the soil in your yard and means that less garbage will go to the landfill.Just like school, we started to place some boxes in the classroom to place those used papers to recycle.
•You can reduce waste by using a computer! Many newspapers and magazines are online now. Instead of buying the paper versions, you can find them on the Internet. Also remember that you should print out only what you need. Everything you print that you don't really need is a waste of paper.
•Save energy by turning off lights that you are not using.
•Save water by turning off the faucet while you brush your teeth.
•Lots of families receive a large amount of advertisements and other junk mail that they do not want. You can stop the mailings and reduce waste by writing to the following address and requesting that they take your name off of their distribution list:
(Direct Marketing Association Mail Preference Service
P.O. Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008 )
Now, from the research my group & i have made, Reducing makes a lot of changes to the environment. (: Remember all those examples above! And remember to do it.
2) Reuse
Reuse is the using of a used item^^
-Use those papers that are One-sided as your rough papers for example, doing math sums and etc.
-Coffee cans, shoe boxes, margarine containers, and other types of containers people throw away can be used to store things or can become fun arts and crafts projects. Use your imagination!
-Store food in reusable plastic containers. When you bring home-food to school, you can also place them in sandwich bag and if it's not dirty, you can use it again for the same stuff you placed previously.
-Use paper grocery bags to make book covers rather than buying new ones. You then, will also not need to buy transparent book covers to cover your bag, preventing damages to your books.
-Bring cloth sacks to the store with you instead of taking home new paper or plastic bags. You can use these sacks again and again. You'll be saving some trees!
Remember to do those examples above! (:
3) Recycle
Recycle is reusing the used stuffs. Cycles always repeat. thus, recycle means keep reusing the things.
Some examples on recycling!
-Many of the things we use every day, like paper bags, soda cans, and milk cartons, are made out of materials that can be recycled. Recycled items are put through a process that makes it possible to create new products out of the materials from the old ones.
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9 Easy Ways To GO GREEN.
1. Reduce Just by turning off the tap while brushing your teeth or shaving, you can save more than 200 gallons of water per month! Here are some other effective ways you can help to conserve resources …
2. Unplug Unused Electronics. Did you know that a cell phone charger can still consume electricity even when a phone isn't connected to it? In the average home, 25% of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off. To stop these "phantom loads" when devices are not in use, unplug them or connect them to power strips, which can then be turned off.
3. Recycle By recycling materials such as aluminum cans, newspapers, and glass jars, you can save energy and landfill space, conserve natural resources, and also prevent pollution. Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 mature trees, 7,000 gallons of water, three cubic yards of landfill space, two barrels of oil, and 4,100 kilowatt-hours of electricity – enough energy to power the average US home for five months.
4. Look For The ENERGY STAR/ENERGY SAVING Label If a product has the ENERGY STAR seal, it meets certain energy efficiency standards. Home appliances, electronics, windows, and roofing are just a few of the products that can qualify, so check a product’s box or manual, or speak to a salesperson to see if it is ENERGY STAR compliant. In 2006, ENERGY STAR products helped US consumers save an estimated $14 billion on their utility bills. In addition to energy savings, there are rebates and federal tax credits available for some ENERGY STAR products.
5. Use Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs) Almost all of the electricity used by an incandescent bulb is converted to heat and not light; CFLs provide a much more efficient alternative. ENERGY STAR labeled CFLs use up to 75 percent less energy and last up to 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs, saving an average of $30 over the lifetime of each bulb. To maximize their effectiveness, check the packaging to make sure that each CFL is the proper type and wattage for your lamps.
6. Buy Recycled Look for the words "postconsumer" or "recycled" when shopping. There are over 4,500 recycled-content products available including paper towels, printer paper, note pads, packing boxes, sleeping bags, laundry detergent bottles, glass containers, nails, carpeting, trash cans, and trash bags. The amount of postconsumer content can vary from a small percentage to 100 percent, so look for labels that indicate the highest percentage.
7. Computer Power Management Enable low-power sleep modes and turn off computers and monitors at night. General Electric implemented power management features on 75,000 of its computers, annually saving the company $2.5 million dollars and preventing 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
9. Fresh, Local, Organic Food travels an average of 1,200 miles before it reaches your plate, so buy locally produced items to save energy and prevent emissions from going into the air. Choose fresh foods instead of frozen, since frozen foods require 10 times more energy to produce. Finally, organic foods are both good for the environment and good for your health since synthetic hormones, most conventional pesticides, as well as other potentially hazardous practices are not used.
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Firstly, Natural Resources, normally relates to land or raw materials. Why is there Natural Resources? Natural Resources occurs naturally within environments. Those environments are relatively undisturbed, not man-made or any other things. It's NATURAL~ Many of the Natural Resources are essential for our survival while others are used for satisfying our wants. Natural resources may be further classified in different ways.
Conservation is the meaning of , preservation. Thus, conservation of natural resources,means the wise use of the earth's resources by humanity. The term conservation came into use in the late 19th century, and referred to the management, mainly for economic reasons, of such valuable natural resources as timber, fish, game, topsoil, pastureland, and minerals, and also to the preservation of forests, wildlife, parkland, wilderness, and watershed areas. In recent years the science of ecology has clarified the workings of the biosphere; i.e, the complex interrelationships among humans, other animals, plants, and the physical environment. At the same time burgeoning, the increasing population and industry and the ensuing pollution have demonstrated how easily delicately balanced ecological relationships can be disrupted. The environment, is related to the conservation of natural resources. Thus, in our opinion, i think one of the problem between the conservation of natural resources and the environment, is Pollutions. The post about the environment will be posted later in the next post.
There are cases where resources can be used freely but in most of the cases, we really need to conserve our resources. As we can see, if we cut down all the trees, which some people keep doing, example in Indonesia, we will all be going to suffer. Cutting down our trees contributes to the greenhouse effect and all the air pollution is causing all this heat, and with all this heat the ice would melt in the North and South pole and eventually, we're probably going to die if this does not stop.
Thus, this bog is created to tell the youths to save our earth.
We should always conserve natural resources because they are dying out, decreasing in amount. If all our natural resources died, where would we be? We cannot live without them so conserving them is a necessity. Think of all the ways we use natural resources. They are the things we always use, example, pencils, desks, tables, baskets, food, and etc. all of those things were made from natural resources. So now do you think why we should conserve natural resources.
Natural resources are all limited, therefore the more we use them the lower their reserve which in turn causes prices to go up. Another good reason for the conservation of natural resources is that the energy and pollution involved in extracting natural resources is far more expensive and environmentally harmful then a well organized recycling regime that is adhered to worldwide.
It is very important to preserve natural resources because when they run out civilization will turn to ruin. For example products that are used for medicine will run out in less that 10 years, what will you do when they do? People will die because they cannot the medication they need because the product used to make them ran out.
These are all the things we've researched from the net. Hope You will also start conserving natural resources
Gey people, this is some tips on how to go green.. ^^
This video tells us that people are suffering outside because of Natural Disasters. And what causes that, it's pollution. Who causes that, MAN. Thus, we should quickly all work together to SAVE THE EARTH!
