CONSUME WITH CARE

Seven Billion Dreams,

One Planet,Consume with

Care.

ENVIRONMENT

It is the collection of the following factors• Physical• Chemical• Biological• Economical• Political• Social

How we see? – May be wrong?• Normally environment is

defined as the things surrounding us.

• This makes the human as center

Anthropocentric view• The actual problem lies here• We never realize what is our

part.

UniverseEarth

BiodiversityBiomes

My CountryNat.EnvironmnetLocal Biodiversity

Me

• All other animals live in a place where they can

• But we human, have changed the environment as we move on

• The main reason for the problem

CURRENT ISSUES

Why we have to take care ?

“Nature provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”  - Mahatma Gandhi

– Since we get everything from the natural environment, at least for that sake we have to protect it

WORLD ENVIORNMENT DAY

• World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment.

• It also serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that generates an exponential positive impact on the planet.

"Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." • The well-being of humanity, the environment,

and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources.

• People are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.

• By 2050, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same and with a rising population expected to reach 9.6 billion, we will need three planets to sustain our ways of living and consumption

Consuming with care means…• Human prosperity need not cost the earth.• living within planetary boundaries to

ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized.

• Living sustainably is about doing more and better with less.

• It is about knowing that rising rates of natural resource use and the environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth.

Every Action Counts

• WED is the opportunity for everyone to realize the responsibility to care for the Earth and to become agents of change.

"Although individual decisions may seem small in the face of global threats and trends, when billions of people join forces in common purpose, we can make a tremendous difference.” - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

Water

• Water the Elixir of Life – Sir.C.V.Raman

• The most exploited natural resource

• The distribution is not even throughout globe

WATER• Even though households are relatively low

consumers of water, population growth and expanded water use have outweighed the effect of water saving technology and behavior.

• Less than 3% of the world’s water is fresh (drinkable), of which 2.5% is frozen in the Antarctica, Arctic and glaciers. Humanity must therefore rely on 0.5% for all of man’s ecosystem’s and fresh water needs.

• Man is polluting water faster than nature can recycle and purify water in rivers and lakes.

• More than 1 billion people still do not have access to fresh water.

• Excessive use of water contributes to the global water stress.

• Water is free from nature but the infrastructure needed to deliver it is expensive.

ENERGY

• Despite technological advances that have promoted energy efficiency gains, energy use in OECD countries will continue to grow another 35% by 2020.

• Commercial and residential energy use is the second most rapidly growing area of global energy use after transport.

• A 32% increase in vehicle ownership is expected by 2020. At the same time, motor vehicle kilometres are projected to increase by 40% and global air travel is projected to triple in the same period.

• Households consume 29% of global energy and consequently contribute to 21% of resultant CO2 emissions.

• The cost of renewable energy is increasingly competitive with that derived from fossil fuels. One-fifth of the world’s final energy consumption in 2013 was from renewables.

• Globally, energy consumption grew most quickly in the transport and service sectors, driven by rising passenger travel and freight transport, and a rapid expansion in the service economy

FOOD

• 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year while almost 1 billion people go undernourished and another 1 billion hungry.

• Overconsumption of food is detrimental to our health and the environment.– 1.5 billion people globally are

overweight or obese.

– Land degradation, declining soil fertility, unsustainable water use, overfishing and marine environment degradation are all lessening the ability of the natural resource base to supply food.

– The food sector accounts for around 30% of the world’s total energy consumption and accounts for around 22% of total Greenhouse Gas emissions.

• Increased consumption adversely affects food security.– Increase in food prices.– Upsurge in production methods that use

more resource-intensive food products.– Resource-intensive foods deplete the

agro-ecological resource base, affecting its ability to produce plentiful food.

What I can do?

• Before consuming anything, think twice whether it is necessary ?

• Use only judicious amounts of natural resources

• Wherever possible reduce the use• Avoid the wastage• Completely avoid one time usage

items

• Before leaving a room switch-off the fans and lights

• Attend the pipe leaks immediately• Do not waste food• Avoid using plastic bags• Use public transport systems• Plant more number of trees and take

care of them

நான் ஒரு ஆளா என்ன செ�ய்யறது ?

• சிறு துளி பெ�ரு பெள்ளம்

• உலகின் எல்லா மகத்தான �யணங்களும்

முதல் அடியிலேலலேயபெதாடங்குகின்றன

வங்காரி மூட்டா மாத்தய்• Part of green belt

movement• In Kenya, ladies were

asked to plant trees, for each tree one dollar was given

• This created lush greenery in many places.

• She was instrumental in plating more than one crore trees

• Awarded Nobel prize for Peace

திம்மக்கா

• With her husband Chikkanna they have planted more than one lakh trees in the Hulikal village Karnataka

• This took them almost 25 years

• Even after demise of her husband she continues the work

– ராலே'ந்த்ர சிங் நீர் மனிதன்• From 1985, over the

years he built water conservation structures to collect rainwater for the dry seasons, has brought water back to over 1,000 villages

• Revived five rivers in Rajasthan, Arvari, Ruparel, Sarsa, Bhagani and Jahajwali.

…இறுதியாக .

காக்கைக குருி எங்கள் 'ாதி நீள்கடலும் மகைலயும் எங்கள் கூட்டம்

லே0ாக்கும் திகைசபெயல்லாம் 0ாமன்றி லேறில்கைல லே0ாக்க லே0ாக்கக் களியாட்டம்

- �ாரதியார்