Nature matters

(or How to save the Planet)

By João Paulo Alves
This is Earth
Not
actual
size
 It is extremely small
Sun
(too big to fit on this graphic)

Jupiter

Saturn

Source: Wikipedia
 Yet it is treated as if its
resources were infinite

They are clearly not!

Problems are
There are all sorts of problems

Global warming Deforestation Lack of fresh

watter
Earth is getting hot.
Green house gases are causing this
Gases that come mostly from human activity
and burning of fossil fuels.
Forests are being destroyed
Forests are being destroyed
 An area equivalent to

football fields of amazonian forest will have been

destroyed when you finish this presentation
Source: Greenpeace
 This area used to be Amazonian forest
245 miles (394 km)
asd

181 miles (291 km)

Source:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=-10.90883,-62.056274&spn=3.785855,4.768066&z=8
 This area used to be Amazonian forest
245 miles (394 km)
asd

Now it’s completely

gone
181 miles (291 km)

Source:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=-10.90883,-62.056274&spn=3.785855,4.768066&z=8
We’re also
running out of fresh
“ By 2025, one third of
the global population will
not have access to
adequate drinking water.
”
Lord Nicholas Stern, author of the Government's Stern Review
on the economics of climate change
 “Is it a crisis? If we don't do some
decent water planning, it could be.”
Jack Hoffbuhr, director of American Water Works Association.
We’re clearly heading into the

wrong direction
Turn off lights and
appliances when
you leave a room.
Turn off lights and
appliances when
you leave a room.
Use public transportation
Use public transportation

Or better
WALK!
But if you really have to
 Choose an hybrid

Photo by Udo Richter

An hybrid car,,that is.
Plant a tree
Verify that your home
is leak-free.
Reduce the amount of time
you spend on the shower
Buy
recycled
paper.
Buy
recycled
paper.

(No, I also did not know that

recycled toilet paper existed)
Prefer fluorescent lights.
 Turn
off
electronics in stand-by.
cle
Alert
younger
generations
about
these
issues
 And remember what
Chief Seattle once said

Photo by DartVader
Photo by valerio
THE END
Or is it just a new beginning?
All Images taken (with the owners’ permission) from:
http://www.sxc.hu
http://www.flickr.com