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Environmental issues
The document discusses several topics related to environmental issues including global warming, fossil fuels, melting ice caps, water and air pollution, deforestation, water shortages, endangered species, and recycling. It also mentions that the UK had its driest March in 59 years and that the average person in the UK uses 150 liters of water per day. The document asks several questions about ways to reduce water and carbon consumption and increase renewable energy and recycling.
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Environmental issues
- 2. Global Warming Fossil Fuels Melting Ice Caps Water Pollution Deforestation Air Pollution Water Shortages Food Wastage Endangered Recycling Species
- 3. A very“Hot Topic” • global warming carbon offsetting - reducing emissions in order to compensate • greenhouse gases for emissions made elsewhere • carbondioxideemissions carbon tax - environmental tax levied on the carbon content of • carbonfootprint fuels. • melting polar ice carbon neutral - zero carbon footprint
- 4. UK haddriest March in 59 years, latest figures show. Less than half the usual amount of rain fell in most parts of Britain, with river flows 'more typical of late summer' than spring.
- 5. It ishard to imagine that each and every day, just under seventeen and a half billion (17,395 million) litres of water goes in to the UK mains water supply. It serves the needs of more than 60 million consumers across UK households and business. On average, each person uses 150 litres each day. The water comes from naturally occurring underground stores (called aquifers), from rivers and from a variety of reservoirs. The 17.5 billion litres flows in to supply, whether or not there is any rain to replace it.
- 6. What arethe ways in which you try to reduce your water consumption? Is drought a serious problem in Spain? Or even more so in Murcia?
- 7. Regular Recycling Collection Wind Farms – Most popular source of Renewable energy in the UK Energy Saving Light bulbs
- 8. Has Spainnoticed any significant changes in Climate over the last 10 years? Does the Spanish government provide any incentives towards being greener? Do a lot of Spanish people recycle? Do Spanish people care a lot about reducing carbon emissions? In what ways do you try to reduce your Carbon Footprint?
- 9. You are responsiblefor developing initiatives and coming up with plans that will reduce Murcia’s Carbon Footprint. Describe THREE ideas that you wouldimplement to make Murcia "greener"?
- 10. What arethe most popular forms of renewable energy here in Spain? Are there any government incentives that persuade people to use renewable energy? In what ways could Spain increase the use of renewable energy?
- 11. Urban Park(ing)Day The mission of PARK(ing) Day is to call attention to the need for more urban open space, to generate critical debate around how public space is created and allocated, and to improve the quality of urban human habitat.