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"It's surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth."
"In our hands now lies not only our own future but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the Earth."
"No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced."
"We are the cleverest creatures to have ever lived on Earth. But if we are to continue to exist, we will require more than intelligence. We will require wisdom."
"The final chapter is ours to write. We know what we need to do. What happens next is up to us."
"Nature is our biggest ally and our greatest inspiration... If we take care of nature, nature will take care of us."
Individual Impact: "Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference."
Environmental Connection: "Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved."
Actionable Hope: Goodall emphasizes that when empowered, people can change the world, and that our actions inspire others."
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
“In order to slow down climate change, we must solve four seemingly unsolvable problems. We must eliminate poverty. We must change the unsustainable lifestyles of so many of us. We must abolish corruption. And we must think about our growing human population…But I believe we have a window of time to have an impact.”
“If we all get together, we can truly make a difference, but we must act now. The window of time is closing.”
warm / global / atmosphere
/ down / heat / couldn´t /
The video compares Earth's .................................
to a regular .................... greenhouse. Just like glass panels let
sunlight inside a greenhouse but trap the ............ from escaping.
Some gases in Earth's atmosphere do the exact same
thing for our planet.
·The Sun: The Sun sends light and heat .........................
to Earth.
·The Earth: The Earth takes in this heat and becomes ..........................
·The Atmosphere: The Earth tries to send some heat back
into space. But, special gases in the air (called greenhouse gases) catch the
heat and ................ it near Earth.
We need the greenhouse effect to live! Without it, Earth would be ....................
cold about -18°C. People, animals, and plants ..........................
live here.
People are burning too much oil, gas, and coal for cars and factories. This
puts too many greenhouse gases into the air.
Now, the atmosphere is ..............................
too much heat. This makes the Earth warmer and warmer, which causes problems
like melting ice and .................................... weather and rising
sea levels. We call it ................................. warming.
Electronic waste, also called e-waste, various forms of electric and
electronic equipment that aren´t used anymore or they do not longer satisfy
their original purpose.
Electronic waste (e-waste) products include
both “white goods” such as refrigerators, washing machines, and microwaves and
“brown goods” such as televisions, radios, computers, and cell phones.
The technology revolution has
exponentially increased the use of new electronic equipment, it has also
produced growing volumes of obsolete products; e-waste is one of the
fastest-growing waste streams.
Although e-waste contains complex
combinations of highly toxic substances that pose a danger to health and the environment,
many of the products also contain recoverable precious
materials, making it a different kind of waste compared with traditional
municipal waste.
The majority of the world’s e-waste
is recycled
in developing countries such as India and China. Recycling companies in
developed countries face strict environmental regulatory regimes and an
increasing cost of waste
disposal and thus may find exportation to small traders in
developing countries more profitable than recycling in their own
countries.
Impacts
on human health
The e-waste affects human health. The
primitive methods used there to recycle e-waste materials expose the workers to
a number of toxic substances. Processes result in direct exposure and
inhalation of harmful chemicals. Safety equipment such as gloves, face masks,
and ventilation fans are more or less unknown, and workers often have little
idea of what they are handling.
Open burning produces the toxins and
the toxins cause an increased risk of cancer if inhaled by workers and local
residents. Toxic metals and poison can also enter the bloodstream during the
manual extraction and collection of tiny quantities of precious metals, and
workers are exposed to poisonous chemicals and fumes of acids. It causes
neurological problems as well. It can damage
the kidneys and liver and cause bone loss. Long-term exposure to lead on printed
circuit boards and computer and television screens can damage the nervous
system and kidneys.
Environmental
impacts
Their hazardous effects on the
environment cannot be overlooked or underestimated. The emission of fumes,
gases, and particulate matter into the air, the discharge of liquid waste into
water and drainage systems, and the disposal of hazardous wastes contribute to
environmental degradation.
Burning to recover metal from wires
and cables causes air pollution. During the recycling process in the informal
sector, toxic chemicals that have no economic value are simply dumped.
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/technology/electronic-waste
