Teacher Presentation

1. Environments
Around the
World

2. Traits of Traditional African
Environment
 Trees
 Greenery
 Savannah
 Plains
 Forests

3. Modern African Environment
 Deforestation
 Infertile
Soil
 Degradation
 Water Contamination

4. Efforts to Sustain Environment
ECOWAS

5. Is this Preventable?
 Finances
 Environment Sustainability is expensive
 Money could go towards new schools
 Keeping African population healthy (ex.
Water contamination)

6. Traits of a Traditional Asian
Environment
 Trees
 Flowers
 Tall
Grass
 Small Bodies of Water
 Mountains

7. Modern Asia
 Buildings
 Tall
Grass
 Small Bodies of Water
 Mountains

8. Efforts to Sustain Environment
 Asia-Europe Foundation
 Asia-Europe Environment Forum

9. Asian and African Differences
 Economy
 Asia has larger funds to spend on sustaining
their environment than Africa
 Because of this, Asia does not have to
choose what project their government
money goes to as strictly as African
governments
However, because the economy is so large in
Asia, the populated cities create a great deal
of toxins that are released into the air and
create pollution

10. Traditional Southwest Pacific
Environment
 Tropical
 Palm Trees
 Clear Ocean Water
 Beaches
 Sunny

11. Modern Southwest Pacific
 Populated
 Tropical
 Palm Trees
 Rationed Water Supply
 Climate Change

12. Efforts to Sustain Environment
 SPREP (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional
Environment Programme)
 PACC (The Pacific Adaptation to Climate
Change)

13. Climate Adaptation

14. Southwest Pacific and Asian
Similarities/Differences
 Both have active and driven prevention
and sustainability programs for their
environment
 Asia and the Southwest Pacific have
different economic gains
 Asia: Industry
 Southwest Pacific: vacation
 The Southwest Pacific only contributes .03%
of the world’s total greenhouse gas
emissions

15. GROUP WORK
 Partners of 4-5 people
 Go to Inspiration and create concept maps
on the similarities and differences between
African, Asian, and Southwest Pacific
environments- both traditionally and modern.
 Print them out, and turn them in
DON’T FORGET ALL GROUP MEMBER’S NAMES!