This document discusses key concepts related to environmental awareness and sustainability. It defines the environment as the natural surroundings in which an organization operates, including air, water, land and their interrelationships. It then discusses concepts like climate change, ecological footprints, carbon management, and sustainable development. Finally, it outlines major environmental impacts and provides examples of ways to reduce waste, reuse materials, and recycle resources to minimize environmental impacts.

2. Definition environment
Surroundings in which an organization operates
including air, water, land, natural resources, flora and
fauna, human and their interrelationship.

3. ‘Environmental Awareness’?
 Highlight environmentally friendly working
practices, relating to
 Waste
 Energy
 Transport
 Water issues

4.  Climate change
 Ecological footprint
 Carbon management
 Sustainable development

5. Climate change
 Climate change is a significant and lasting
change weather patterns over long
periods.

6. Ecological Footprint
 Ecological footprint
is a measure of
human demand on
the Earth's
resources
 Amount of natural
resources required
to sustain our
consumption and
deal with our waste

7. Carbon Management
 The process of
managing an
individual or
organisation’s
emissions of
greenhouse
gases
 CO2 reduction

8. Sustainable development
 Development that
meets the needs of
the present without
compromising the
ability of future
generations to meet
their own needs

9. Impacts of Environmental change
 Major Impacts:
◦ Global warming
◦ Acid rain
◦ Sea level rise
◦ Ocean acidification
◦ Temperature rise
◦ Extreme weather events
◦ Deforestation
◦ Ecosystem strain
◦ Loss of biodiversity

10. Global Warming
 The main cause of global warming is the
emission of ‘greenhouse gases’ such as
carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
 Human activity over the past 250 years,
including the burning of fossil fuels, change
of land use and agriculture, has increased the
concentration of greenhouse gases in the
earth’s atmosphere.
 As these gases build up in the atmosphere
they strengthen what is known as the
‘greenhouse effect’.

11. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
 In order to minimise the impact of waste
products on the environment there are
actions that we can take by reducing what
we use, reusing products and recycling
waste.

12. Ways to reduce….
 Boil only water you need
 Buy only what you need
 Buy things with less packaging
 Cook food for only those eating
 Switch off lights, monitors, appliances
 Print on both sides of paper
 Flush toilet only when needed
 Solar power
 Insulation in homes
 Service vehicles and equip regularly
 Use public transport

13. Ways to reuse….
 New ways of using materials
 Reuse wrapping, boxes, plastic bags
 ‘Bag for life’
 Repair rather than dispose
 Composting (paper, wood, food)
 Chip fat from local chip shop used as diesel
 Sell unwanted items
 Re-use coffee cups
 Print on both sides
 Rechargeable batteries
 Grey water harvesting
 Rain water harvesting

14. Recyclable Resources
 Plastics
 Tins, aluminium, steel
 Paper
 Glass
 Cardboard
 Clothing
 Electronic equipment
 Mobile phones
 Spectacles
 Tyres
 Ink cartridges
 Some building materials