general studies

2. NAME – DHANOOP KUMAR
CLASS – XII
SECTION -SCIENCE
ROLL NO. – 5

3. PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

4. • Environmental protection is a practice of protecting
the natural environment on individual, organization
controlled or governmental levels, for the benefit of both
the environment and humans. Due to the pressures of over
consumption, population and technology, the biophysical
environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently.
This has been recognized, and governments have begun
placing restraints on activities that cause environmental
degradation. Since the 1960s, activity of environmental
movements has created awareness of the
various environmental issues. There is no agreement on the
extent of the environmental impact of human activity and
even scientific dishonesty occurs, so protection measures
are occasionally debated.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

7. • Alternative Sources Of Energy -- Use alternative sources of energy such as Solar
Energy for cooking and heating water.
• Do Not Waste Water -- Water should not be wasted to avoid water scarcity
problems in the future. Rather than washing our cars, they can be wiped. Instead
of using a shower we can use a bucket to bath.
• Avoid damaging trees-- Trees should not be cut. And if they r, 2 trees should be
planted in compensation of that 1 tree.
• Saving Electricity-- Switching off lights and fans wen not in use, unplugging mobile
chargers, Switching off the TV rather than keeping it in stand by mode can help
save enough electricity to light up a small town.
• Creating Awareness -- Pamphlets, flyers and clubs can be formed to create
awareness among people about the necessity to conserve and judiciously use the
natural resources.

9. • Renewable resources are resources that are replenished by the environment over
relatively short periods of time. This type of resource is much more desirable to
use because often a resource renews so fast that it will have regenerated by the
time you've used it up.
• Think of this like the ice cube maker in your refrigerator. As you take some ice out,
more ice gets made. If you take a lot of ice out, it takes a little more time to refill
the bin but not a very long time at all. Even if you completely emptied the entire
ice cube bin, it would probably only take a few hours to 'renew' and refill that ice
bin for you. Renewable resources in the natural environment work the same way.
• Solar energy is one such resource because the sun shines all the time. Imagine
trying to harness all of the sun's energy before it ran out! Wind energy is another
renewable resource. You can't stop the wind from blowing any more than you can
stop the sun from shining, which makes it easy to 'renew.'
• Any plants that are grown for use in food and manufactured products are also
renewable resources. Trees used for timber, cotton used for clothes, and food
crops, such as corn and wheat, can all be replanted and regrown after the harvest
is collected.

10. PROS OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES

13. PROS OF NON RENEWABLE
RESOURCES

14. CONS OF NON RENEWABLE
RESOURCES

16. WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION

17. CAUSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION

19. EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION

20. UNDERSTANDING SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
• Sustainable development is a process for meeting human development goals
while sustaining the ability of natural systems to continue to provide the natural
resources and ecosystem services upon which the economy and society depends.
While the modern concept of sustainable development is derived most strongly
from the 1987 Brundtland Report, it is rooted in earlier ideas about sustainable
forest management and twentieth century environmental concerns. As the
concept developed, it has shifted to focus more on economic development, social
development and environmental protection for future generations.
• Sustainable development is the organizing principle for sustaining finite resources
necessary to provide for the needs of future generations of life on the planet. It is
a process that envisions a desirable future state for human societies in which living
conditions and resource-use continue to meet human needs without undermining
the "integrity, stability and beauty" of natural biotic systems. It was suggested that
"the term 'sustainability' should be viewed as humanity's target goal of human-
ecosystem equilibrium (homeostasis), while 'sustainable development' refers to
the holistic approach and temporal processes that lead us to the end point of
sustainability."

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