What is being promoted around the world in reaction to this?
How do human actions impact the natural world?
What kinds of effects have human actions had on the environment during the past few centuries?
negative ones
environmentally-friendly living
They can improve, sustain, or destroy it.
Why are they a problem?
What are micro beads according to US law?
Which countries have established or are currently establishing regulations of toiletries containing micro beads?
What law did the US pass in 2015?
Where are they often found?
Why do water treatment systems often fail to filter them out?
What does the law stipulate?
Canada and several European countries
plastic particles less than 5mm in size that are used for cleansing
the Micro bead-Free Waters Act
because they are too small
in toothpastes and facial cleansers
that rinse-off cosmetics containing micro beads are banned
because they don’t decompose in water
What has this system achieved in the 1980s?
What is the government of Nepal successfully fighting?
How does the government of Iceland protect biodiversity?
What animals have been protected in zero-poaching years?
Which human activities have led to a loss of biodiversity and even extinction?
What can companies do about the quotas?
Hunting, fishing, and other activities
by setting fishing quotas
They can buy or trade quotas as long as the total number of fish caught stays below a certain limit.
It has allowed populations of fish to grow and become healthier.
elephants, tigers, and rhinos
poaching
What type of energy have nations mostly relied on?
What country has already successfully transitioned away from fossil fuels?
What are some other clean energy nations?
What can happen in the dry season?
What is the result of these emissions?
What kinds of sources are being used?
Where do these countries get most of their energy from?
What is the problem with these fuels?
What does Uruguay’s mix of energy sources prove?
How much of Uruguay’s electricity is generated from clean energy sources?
There can be power outages.
they release harmful substances into the air as they burn.
that any nation can achieve clean energy production
Paraguay and Lesotho
95 percent
hydropower, biomass energy, solar power, and wind energy)
Large cities are polluted by smog from cars and factories.
from dams
fossil fuels
Uruguay
How Germany is addressing this issue?
How much of Germany’s trash was recycled in 2016?
Which country is addressing this problem?
What has created a global waste disposal crisis?
What are some other countries with successful recycling rates?
What is the Pfand program?
How do people sort trash in Germany?
How does it work?
Germany
the over-consumption of resources and frequent use of plastics
into different colored bins
with one of the most successful recycling programs
65 percent
Shoppers pay small deposits for the bottles and get receipts that can be used for shopping, or even cash, when returning the bottles to the cashier.
a program for glass and plastic beverage bottles
South Korea, Slovenia, Austria, Belgium, and Switzerland
What does the policy say?
What did Norway become the first country to do in 2016?
What else has it contributed money towards?
What country is trying to prevent the further loss of trees?
What did Norway commit $250 million dollars to between 2011 and 2015?
What function do trees perform for the planet?
What have people done to trees?
They have cut down enormous numbers of them.
ban deforestation and enact a zero-deforestation policy
protecting forests in Guyana
(protecting the Amazon rain-forest in Brazil and halting deforestation in Liberia
Norway
They clean the air, filter the water, prevent erosion, and slow the effects of climate change.
that the Norwegian government will not acquire any product that contributes to deforestation