EXERCI

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:
1
. So
meo fthec urrentenvi
ronmentali
ssuest
hatr
equi
reu r
gentattent
ionar
e:Cli
mat
eChange
,
Gl
o balWarming,OzoneLayerDe pl
eti
on,Wat
erPo
ll
uti
on,Ai
rPoll
uti
on,Sol
idWas
teManage
ment
,
Deforest
atio
n, andOverp
opulat
ion.
Sel
ectat
leas
ttwo(2
)Env i
ronmentalIs
sueandde
ter
minewhats
olu
tio
n/sc
anyo
uco
ntr
ibu
tet
o
managet
hegive
nenvi
ronmentalpr
o bl
em.
2
.Ident
ifybestpract
icesi
nyourho
use
hol
d/communi
tyi
nmanagi
ngyoure
nvi
ronmentast
oAi
r,
c
li
matechange
,landandgro
undwa
ter
,no
ise
,odo
ur,
wast
e,wat
er,
andhu
manhealt
h.

ENVI
RONMENTAL
SOLUTI
ONS
I
SSUE
1
. De
for
est
ati
on  PlantaTree .Achangestartswithi
no ursel
ves.I
nsteadofc ut
ting
downt rees,whyno tp l
antne wo ne.St artbyp lanti
ngo no ur
backyards
.I tcangivegoodbe nefi
tsno tjustonoursel
vesbutt o
ourc o
mmu nity.I
tco u
ldals
obeagr e
athe lptoreducetheglobal
warmingast reesabsorbc ar
bondi oxi
de.Fo rme ,Ic ons
idered
pl
antingtreesasalifel
onginvest
me ntintoourenvi
ronment.
 Rais
eawar enessandJ oi
nac ommunityforestryp roject.La ckof
awarene s
s and k nowledge t o ne gat
ive e ffe c
ts o f t hi
s
envi
ronme ntalis
suel eadst ocont
inuousdoi
ngo ft heac tivit
y.Asa
stu
de nt,IknowIc anc ontri
buteal o
tinspreadingawar ene sstothe
si
de e ffectso fc ont i
nuous defore
stat
ion.J oi
ning commu ni
ty
fores
t ryasav ol
u nteeri nschoolorincommu ni
tyt o
get herwith
fri
ends ,familyandc o ll
eaguescanbeagr e athe lps pr
eadi ngthe
awarene s
sandk no wl
e dgei nthego odeffe ctso fhav ingmany
tree
si noure nvi
ronme nt.
 Reduce,ReuseandRe c
yc l
ePap ers.Bi l
lio
nso ft reesaroundt he
worl
dar ebei
ngc utdownj u
stt omak ep apers.Imagi
neho wbigwas
theimpactofittothee nvi
ronme nt.Be i
ngas t
udent,notjustthat
butar es
ponsi
blecit
izen,wecoulddoal ottomak eac hange.Start
reduci
ngt heuseo fp apers.Fore xamp l
e,av o
idi
ngp rinti
ngo ut
materi
alsthatwear eablet oac c
e ssino urmo bil
ep hones.Ifit
can’
tbeav oi
ded,mak esuretor euset hep apersafterwards.Also
,
buyandu senotebook
st hathas“ recycled”labelsi
nsteado fother
note
books.

2
. Sol
idWast
e  Avoi
dc reati
ngwasteormini
mize.I
fp o
ssi
ble
,av o
idusingpl
ast
ics
Management orbottl
es,st
yro
foams,re
tail
edshampoo
sando theri
temsthatcan
gi
veabu ndantwast
es.Forexample
,ins
teadu s
ingbottle
dwate r
,
usetumblers
.
 Pr
operwastedi
spo
sal
.Segr
egatewast
ethr
ou ghse
par
ati
ngwhati
s
bi
ode
gradableandnon-bi
ode
gradabl
e.Recycl
abl
e,reu
sabl
eand
 not
.Starti
tbyours
elv
esandgiv
eawarene
sstoother
s.Do
n’tt
hro
w
wast
esanywhe
reasi
tcaus
esothe
renv
iro
nme nt
ali
ssu
es.
 Keeponmi ndno tjustthe3R’sbutthe8 R’s.Refu
se,reduce,r
e u
se,
refi
ll
,repai
r,regift,r
ecycl
e,andrepeat
.Insteadofcreati
ngwas t
es,
useourcreati
vi
t yinmakingthemusefulinotherway.Itcanbeabi g
helpinou rsol
idwas tema nagemente s
p e
c i
all
yino urc ommuni
ty.
Smallthi
ngsthats tartfro
mo urse
lvesgivesabigdifferencei
no ur
envi
ronment.

“Changestar
tsfromourse
lves;o
neac tcou
ldc re
ateabigdiffe
rencetothewhol
eworld.
”
Nowadays,wear
efacingmanye nviro
nmentali
ssuest
hatcamefr o
mt ho
senegat
ivehabit
s
andacti
onsofpeop
lefromdifferentcommunit
y.
Oneac twecoulddot ohel
pr educethos
eenvironme nt
ali
ssu
esist
os t
ar tmak i
ngap o
siti
ve
acti
onfr o
mo urho mes.Doingthe3 R’
s:re
u s
e,r educeandrec
ycl
eist hebe stpractic
et o
star
tatho usehol
dt ohelpmanagi ngourenvi
r o
nme ntastoai
r,cl
imatec hange,landand
groundwater
,nois
e,odour,
was t
e,andhumanhe alt
h .
Herearesomeo
fthep
rac
tic
est
hatwear
edo
ingi
nou
rho
use
hol
dinmanagi
ngt
he
env
iro
nment
:
1
.Pl
ant
ingt
ree
s
2
.Do
ingt
hep
rac
tic
eof3
R;r
eus
e,r
edu
ceandr
ecyc
le
3
.Do
ingt
hep
rac
tic
eofo
rgani
cfa
rmi
ng
4
.Co
mpo
sti
ngi
nst
eado
fbu
rni
ng
5
.Se
gre
gat
ingwas
tebyno
n-bi
ode
gradabl
e,bi
ode
gradabl
eandr
eus
abl
e
6
.Co
nse
rvat
iono
fwat
er
7
.Re duci
ngt heuseofappl
ianc
est
hatpr
odu
cesl
oudno
iseandc
hlo
rofl
uor
ocar
bonsl
ik
e
s
pe ak
ers,
was hi
ngmac
hine
sandmore
8
.Us
ingwho
les
alep
rodu
ctst
ole
sse
nthep
rodu
cti
ono
fwas
tes
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sear
eso
mep
hot
oso
ftho
sep
rac
tic
esi
nou
rho
use
hol
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