Transcript Our World Project PowerPoint Presentation

• In 2000…Ireland and..
189 countries in the UN agreed to
8 Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs). They are trying to
achieve these goals by 2015.
Your mission…should you choose to
accept it..
Is to join with us to help in the
fight against…
1. Climate Change
2. Hunger & Poverty
We are working on…
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MDG 1 –
Eradicate Hunger and Poverty
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MDG 7 –
Environmental Sustainability
• About 25,000 people die every day of
hunger or hunger-related causes,
according to the United Nations. This
is one person every three and a half
seconds, Unfortunately, it is children
who die most often.
• Yet there is plenty of food in the world
for everyone. The problem is that
hungry people are trapped in severe
poverty. They lack the money to buy
enough food to nourish themselves.
• There are a lot of organisations
to help the poor people all over
the world.
• These organisations include:
Concern, Oxfam, Trócaire, Irish
Aid, Unicef, Eco, Bóthair, UN,
Chernobyl Children and
Barnardos.
• Air pollution
• On our planet, Air is one of the
most important natural
resources on which all life
depends.
• Water pollution
• Oceans are polluted by oil on a daily basis from
oil spills, routine shipping, run-offs and
dumping.
• Domestic households, industrial and
agricultural practices produce wastewater
that can cause pollution of many lakes and
rivers.
• THERE ARE MANY MORE CAUSES AND YOU CAN HELP
US TO STOP THEM!!!!!
• Pollution causes Climate Change…
• Climate Change causes Drought and
Famine…
• Drought and Famine cause Hunger and
Poverty…
• So….
Lots! Look at this…
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Are we Recycling?
Do we have a wormery?
Do we have a WOW day?
Do we conserve water?
Do we conserve energy?...
• Do we collect money to send to
children in need?
• Do we have litter picker duties
• Do we learn a lot about the
importance of looking after our
environment?
• Do we tell our family and friends
about the importance of looking
after our environment……?
• Are helping in the battle against
Climate Change
• Are helping to save and protect our
environment
• Are teaching others that we know it is
very important to care for our
environment
• And by caring for our environment, we
are helping to create balance all over
Planet Earth.
• Walk to school when you can
• Carpool when you can
• Donate our used toys to the Jumble
Sale
• Help win the Tidy Towns Competition
by cleaning up our own area.
• Buy ‘Fairtrade’ products
• Plant a Tree
• Tell others!
• Our trees are our future
• We need trees for a healthy
environment
• We need trees for oxygen
BUT…
• We need our native ‘deciduous’ trees
for a healthy habitat for all animals
and plants…
• Biodiversity is the variety
of species that live in a
certain area and the natural
communities in which they
occur.
• Species and ecosystems
provide essential goods
and services upon which
human well-being
depends. They support
our health, our
environment and our
economies.
• Scientists estimate that species
extinctions are occurring 100 to 1000
times faster than without human
influence. Without a change in our
actions half of the world's species may
be lost by 2100.
• This would be DISASTROUS!
• In the USA alone, nearly 4,500 known
species are threatened with
extinction, including…
• Whooping Crane, Karner Blue
Butterfly, Manatee, Dusky
Seaside Sparrow and the Black
Footed Ferret.
• Not Tomorrow…
• Not Next Week…
• Or Next Month…
• Today…
• Make the choice to Save Our
Planet
• Then….Do something about it!
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Written By
Hannah Monaghan
Emma Kilcawley Hemani
Calisha Devaney
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Leah Fox