Global climate change is causing more extreme weather events like larger storms, worse wildfires, and changing weather patterns due to human activities that release greenhouse gases. The main causes of this climate change are population growth which leads to deforestation and resource depletion, increased consumption and waste production, and industrialized food systems. Individual choices that consume fewer resources and produce less waste and pollution can help address this global problem.

1. OUR ENVIRONMENT
LESSON 1:
IS CHANGING

2. WARMING
IS THE PROCESS OF
OUR PLANET HEATING
UP DUE TO HUMAN
ACTIVITY.
CLIMATE
DESCRIBES THE
LONGTERM CHANGE IN
WEATHER PATTERNS
AROUND THE WORLD.
CHANGE
GLOBAL

4. DOES THIS MEAN
NICER WEATHER
& MORE
BEACH DAYS?

5. WEATHER IS HOW
WE DESCRIBE THE DAILY
CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY & STORMS
A CHANGING CLIMATE
MEANS BIGGER STORMS
FOREST FIRES
UNPREDICTABLE & EXTREME
WEATHER PATTERNS AND
MORE NATURAL DISASTERS

6. NOVEMBER 2018
THE CAMP FIRE BECAME
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE
FIRE ON RECORD IN
CALIFORNIA.
SEPTEMBER 2017
HURRICANE MARIA
CAUSED THE MOST
DAMAGE IN RECENT
HISTORY.
FEBRUARY 2019
CHANGING
WEATHER PATTERNS
CAUSED SNOWIEST
MONTH OF ALL TIME.

7. WHAT IS
CAUSING
THIS
CHANGE?

8. MORE PEOPLE
1.
The number of people living
on the planet has grown
from 1 billion to nearly 8
billion in the last 200 years.
The population is expected
to reach 10 billion by 2050!
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
OUR PLANET?

9. 40
TO MAKE ROOM FOR A
GROWING POPULATION
WE ARE LOSING
FOOTBALL
FIELDS
WORTH OF FORESTS
EVERY MINUTE

10. TO SUSTAIN
DO WE HAVE
TWO EARTHS?
THE AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE
WE WILL HAVE BY
2030
WE WILL NEED
TWO EARTHS

11. 2. BUYING
MORE STUFF
Everything we buy and
use has to come from
somewhere… and end
up somewhere.
THE AVERAGE 10-YEAR-OLD
OWNS 238 TOYS BUT PLAYS
WITH JUST 12 DAILY!

12. WHERE DOES
YOUR TRASH
GO?

13. DID YOU KNOW...
ONLY 9% OF PLASTIC IS RECYCLED?
THAT MEANS 91% ENDS UP IN LANDFILLS OR OUR OCEANS!

14. WHAT DO THESE ITEMS HAVE IN
COMMON?
CANDY
WRAPPERS ELECTRONICS SUNSCREEN
BOTTLES

15. CANDY WRAPPERS
ELECTRONICS
& SUNSCREEN
ALL REQUIRE
RESOURCES
THAT COME FROM
THE EARTH
& ARE THROWN
AWAY AFTER USE

16. 50 MILLION TONNES
OF ELECTRONIC WASTE
ARE THROWN AWAY
EACH YEAR

17. THATS EQUIVALENT TO
125,000 JUMBO JETS!

18. 3. FOOD
We depend on Earth for
all of the food we eat.
ON AVERAGE, AMERICANS
EAT 3 BURGERS A WEEK!

19. IF YOU ATE
ONE LESS
BURGER
PER WEEK
IT WOULD
BE LIKE
NOT DRIVING
YOUR CAR
320 MILES!

20. HOW MANY COWS ARE ON
EARTH?

21. 1.5 BILLION COWS!
COWS BURP AND FART A GAS
CALLED METHANE THAT
CONTRIBUTES TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
COWS ALSO TAKE UP A LOT OF ROOM.
THEY NEED GRASS TO EAT, ROOM TO
LIVE, AND PRODUCE A LOT OF WASTE.

22. WHAT IS GOING
ON HERE?

23. What does this have
to do with YOU?

24. THE CHOICES
YOU MAKE
IMPACT THE
PLANET YOU
LIVE ON.
IT'S UP TO
YOU TO BE
INNOVATORS
FOR THE
FUTURE.

26. WITH NEW INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
REQUIRING LESS LAND & RESOURCES
WE CAN FOCUS ON REBUILDING
FORESTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD!

27. IF ALL 7+ BILLION PEOPLE
ON THE PLANET
PLANTED ONE
TREE THIS
YEAR...
WE WOULD
HAVE 7 BILLION
MORE TREES TO HELP
PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT.

28. WHAT CAN
YOUR CLASS
DO TO GET
STARTED?
START A
COMPOST
AND
GARDEN
REUSE OLD
MATERIALS
MAKE
GREEN
TEAMS
SPEND AN
HOUR
A WEEK WITH
NO POWER

29. TEST
YOUR
KNOWLEDGE!
CLICK HERE!