This document discusses the importance of geography and some of the major environmental threats facing the planet. It describes two main types of geography - physical geography, which includes natural phenomena like volcanoes and earthquakes, and human geography, which examines how humans inhabit and interact with different environments. The document also outlines several issues like pollution, global warming, and deforestation that are putting stress on the environment and climate. It emphasizes that human activities involving fossil fuels, industrialization, and agriculture are major contributors to these problems, and suggests individual actions like reducing consumption and recycling to help address them.

1. Geography Matters
By Morgan Pavitt
Charley Wood
and Lars Granville

2. This Is Why We Think
Geography Is Important...
 We think Geography is important
because:

3. Types Of Geography
 There are many different types of
geography, the main ones are Human
Geography and Physical Geography.
They are equally important and here are
some reasons why:

4. Physical Geography
 Physical Geography is natural and
happens naturally without humans doing
anything to cause it like the formation of
mountains and volcanoes erupting.
 When these things happen they can have
devastating effects.
Haiti
earthquake
2009
Iceland ash
cloud 2010

5. Human Geography
Human Geography is about us and how we
cope with living and where we live, why we
live there and what it is like.
Favelas
in Brazil
New York
city

6. Our world is important
 Our world is facing problems which are
very dangerous. Here are some of the
threats faced by our planet.

7. Pollution
 WE are polluting the environment and we
need to change treat are world with care
not despair. We are destroying the
environment by creating power plants
and making lots of cars which create
more carbon dioxide.

8. Global Warming part 1
What is it?
Global warming means that the temperature in
our world is rising.
Why is this bad?
This is bad because the atmosphere’s made up
of layers of gases called greenhouse gases. If
there is too much of the greenhouse gases
being made the heat on our planet will stay
inside the atmosphere harming or maybe killing
life on planet earth!

9. Global warming part 2
 Where do the greenhouse gases come
from?
 Some are natural and some are
produced by activities which release
carbon dioxide – things like using coal
and petrol and cutting down rainforests!

10. Global Warming part 3
What could happen?
Sea levels would rise, destroying land. Places
like Seaford could flood.
There would be more droughts on land making
it hard to grow crops.
What can we do?
We can reduce the carbon dioxide that is
damaging the ‘O’ zone levels by:
Recycling, having a compost heap, turn
electrical equipment off when not being used
and walking more than driving.

11. Our rainforests are being
destroyed!
 Why are they being destroyed?
 Our rainforests are being destroyed to
make room for cattle and to be turned
into furniture and charcoal.
 Sometimes it is cut down to create room
to grow food like sugarcane, bananas,
tea and coffee.
 Oil companies look for new oil deposits
and build pipelines, cutting down forests!

12. Why do we need rainforests?
Rainforests are important because they provide a
habitat for plants and animals! They regulate the
temperature of our planet!
They provide homes for many people!
Rainforests are like PHARMACIES. Even though we only
use 1% of all the types of amazing plants – they provide
25% of all our medicines – we would not have many of
our common medicines if the rainforests disappeared!
Many of our foods come from rainforests!
DID YOU KNOW that over half of the planets rainwater is
stored in the rainforest!

13. How can we help save the
rainforests?
 Recycle bottles
 Do not buy products made from endangered
species.
 Buy nuts, cookies and cereals made from
rainforest products –that way farmers have a
reason to keep trees and plants and not cut
them down.
 Ask where beef burgers were made to make
sure no rainforest was destroyed when
making room for the cattle
 Use less paper by using both sides!