Environmental literacy study materials

1. ENVIRNMENTAL LITERACY
GROUP ASSIGNMENT 2

2. Video 4 Analysis
• Air Pollution:-increase in Carbon gases in the air.
• Caused by Human activitieslike respiration, natural events like
volcanism, forest fires etc
• Wind can also cause air poluution thro transfer of gases and particals
• Impact of Air Pollution
• Health, Over Acidification,Stunted Growth,Chemical changes in the
Atmosphere
Environmental Population Control measures

3. Control measures as guided by NEMA Act 1999
• Measures to ensure Safety of Workplace-Inform workers about hazards,
Ambient Air quality limits,
• Procedures fro Solid Wste Management
• Solid Waste is discarded material fro disposal.
• Types of Solid Waste
• Domestic Waste,Industrial Waste,Construction Waste,Biomedical Waste,E-
Waste,Sewage Sludge
• Waste Generation
• Comes from Households,Market places,Cities,Industries,Institutions
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4. Waste Generation Cont’d
• Waste generation should endeavor t minize waste by reducing, reusing,
refusing and returning waste or adopting cleaner production technology.
• Waste can be segregated at the source by providing coded bins/bags
• Waste Collection
• Collection Centres should be strategically located within town
• Collection areas to be properly managed to avoid scattering
• Waste Transportation
• Involves transportation of various segregated waste types.
• Transportation trucks should be licensed by NEMA.
• Trucks should be closed & Suitable for various waste types
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5. Waste Treatment
• Recycling: Processing of waste material into a new product
• Composting: Biological decomposition of biodegradable solid waste
• Thermal Treatment of Waste:-This is the combustion of waste at
specific temperatures with/without oxygen as part of the process. E.g.
Incineration,gasification,thermal treatment
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6. Noise Pollution
Noise Pollution:-is the transmission of sound in levels that have harmful impacts in the functioning
of human ears.
Types of Nosie Pollution
• Industrial Noise
• Transportation Noise
• Neighborhood Noise
Methods of Minimizing Noise Pollution
• Source Control, Transmission Path Intervention, Receptor Control
• Machine Maintenance, Planting Trees
Effects of Noise Pollution
• Animals become aggressive, Hearing disorders, Lack of sleep, Disturbance
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7. Resource Efficiency Systems
• Resource efficiency systems (RES): are procedures that ensurethe ltd
resources are used sustainably while minimizing the impact on
environment.
• In the RES process, it is critical to first understand the inputs and
outputs before analyzing the environmental impact.
Procedure for developing an environmental RES
Establish a resource use profile
Access resource consumptions
Prioritize resource efficiency actions
Document & Review the plan
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8. Measures for resource use
• Energy analysis
• Product oriented method
• Entropy based measure
• Muller-Wenk operationalized in the eco-indicator 99 method
Purchasing Strategies
• These are activities taken in order to increase overall savings from buying
Steps for a successful Purchasing Strategy
1. Conduct internal needs analysis
2. Conduct an assessment of suppliers market
3. Collect Suppliers information
4. Develop a sourcing/outsourcing strategy
Steps for a successful Purchasing Strategy Cont’d
1. Implement a sourcing strategy
2. Negotiate with the suppliers & select the
winning bid
3. Implement transition plan
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9. Data analysis of current workplaces
• Data analysis: The process of collecting, transforming, cleaning, modelling
data with the aim goal of discovering the required information.
Process of Data analysis
1. Data requirement specifications
2. Data collection
3. Data Processing
4. Data cleaning
5. Data analysis
6. Communication
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10. Environmental literacy assignment
KTTC CSCS GROUP A GROUP 2
VIDEO 7 ANALYSIS
MEMBERS
1. SHARON MUSEKESE-2021CS146860
2. PHEOBE TOILI-2022CS147250
3. PETER NJOROGE 2022CS147440
4. PURITY CHEMTAI-2022CS147036
5. EMMANUEL NDETI-2022CS146928

11. ENVIRONMENT LITERACY
Topics Discussed
• Environmental legislation
• Industrial /Environmental practices
• Environmental laws and policies

12. Definition of Terms
• Environment legislation-agreement between states that guide
global regional and national action on environmental issues.
• Industrial standards –Industrial standards are a set a requirements
to be followed by a member of that industry in relation to the
standard functioning and carrying out of operations
• Local ordinances –are laws for an area smaller than a nation eg
local government
• Environmental concerns –these are harmful effects on the
biosphere brought about by anthropogenic activities (human
influence or natural internal processes )

13. 1)ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS
• Here we discuss about environmental policies and legislation where by the laws
are implemented in different jurisdictions depending on the structure of the
government
• Protection and conservation of natural resources happens on different levels such
as the
• International level-global environmental authority (UNEP)was established in june
1972 as a result of Stockholm conference of human environment
• Regional level-Kenya in part of the African union and the economic block East
African Community,the African union policy of environment in Africa is under the
department of Environment climate change water ,land and natural resources
• National level-NEMA is at the national level it was established under the
environmental management act no 8 of 1999 as the principle instrument of
implementation of all policies

14. Multilateral environmental agreements
• Are agreements between states that guide global ,regional
and national action on environmental legal regimes.
• PROTOCALS-the original draft of a multilateral
environmental agreement that specify the terms of a treaty
agreed and signed by parties.
• Kyoto Protocal-adopted in Kyoto japan it mirrors the
conventor in recognizing the specific needs and concerns of
developing countries
• Montreal protocol- a substance that depletes the ozone
layer therefore this is an agreement that protects the
stratospheric ozone layer by phasing out the production
and consumption of ozone depleting substances

15. 2)ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY IN KENYA
• This topic consist of environmental law and policies that
guide the country on all environmental matters
Features Environmental strategy
Environmental strategy is a set of initiatives that can be
implemented to reduce the impacts and effects on the natural
environment eg the National Climate Change Action Plan of
2018-2022
Features of an environmental strategy include
• Enabling policy and legal frame work
• Priority areas the strategy seeks to change
• Delivering the strategy

16. Elements of the environmental management
system
• Reviewing the organizations enevironment goals
• Analyzing its environmental impacts
• Setting enevironmental impacts and legal
requirements
• Establishing programs to meet objectives
• Monitoring and measuring progress
• Ensuring employees environmental awareness

17. Climate change
• Causes of climate change
• Green house gases
• Volcanic eruptions
• Air pollution
Factors that increase climate change
• Urbanization
• Industrialization
• Technological development /advancement
• Land use and land cover change
Effects of climate change
• Sea level
• Shrinking ice sheets
• Descrease in biodiversity
• Severe weather
• death
land use and land cover change
refers to the physical and biological cover
over surface of land including water
,vegetation,baresoil and artificial structures.
Effects of land use and cover change
• biodiversity
• Climate change
• Pollution
GLOBAL WARMING
Effects of global warming
 Sealevel rise
 Shrinking ice sheets
 Decrease in biodiversity
 Severe weather
 Death