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The Green ProjectPresented by
the Compassionate Service Society
Green Ware Green Practice
“Green happens where we practice green”
The Issue…
Natural Disasters
SOS
Sóng Thần
Cháy Rừng
Hạn Hán
Lũ Lụt
Băng Tuyết
Đói Kém
The Issue…Đất• Overflow Landfills (Ngập Tràn Rác Thải)
- 100 Landfills across the US closed last year because they were crammed- Within 50 years, 2,216 landfills will reach capacity
The Issue…Nước
• Ocean Filled with Trash(Đại Dương Ngập Rác)
- 45,000 tons of plastic waste / year
- 1,000,000 seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals KILLED / year
Pacific Ocean
The Issue…Không Khí• Greenhouse Effects - Hiệu Ứng Nhà Kính• Trái Đất Đang Bị Hâm Nóng
One day event……1,000 people…one truck load…
Our Problem…Còn Chúng Ta?
•Styrofoam•Paper•Plastic
• Petroleum and many other chemicals• Water• Lots of Energy
The Making of Styrofoam & Plastic
• Dầu Khí• Hóa Chất• Nước• Năng Lượng
• In 2006, the US used 16 billion paper cups:
- 6.6 million trees cut down- Used Energy = 54,000 homes/ year - Used Water = 4 billion gallons (6,000 Olympics swimming pools)
The Making of Paper
Other Paper Goods???
Giấy Là Cây
By Road • Greenhouse Gases
Distributions…
By Sea• Oil Spill
Disposing/ Wasting/ Littering
More than 500 Years to Decompose
Forever
Save our mother Earth!Save our future!
Time to make the change starting from changing our habits!
We Can Help…
Reusable Ware = Green Ware
Make 4R a daily habit
Reusable Ware = Green Ware
Recycle: Wipe off food scraps with napkins
Restore: Put the kit back in sack for the next day
Renew: Wash the kit at home
Until the last tree is cut, the last river is poisoned???
Preventing Disease Transmission by Promoting Sanitary Practices
Minimizing Wasteful Habits
Keep Our World Green
GREEN WARE
PERSONAL & UNIVERSAL STATEMENTS:
Testimony of Success• Venerable Dharma Master Cheng Yen of Tzu Chi Foundation successfully integrated reusable ware movement in Taiwan. Today it becomes a culture.
Habits are simply acquired behavioral patterns that when
regularly followed, they seamlessly become customary practices…
Make it your own!
Take part in the worldwide effort to relieve the strain on
the Earth’s resources, environment, and
atmosphere
The Impacts The Impacts of of
OUR Actions…OUR Actions…
Polluted Ocean - Alaska
Littering/ Wasting
Littering/ Wasting
Styrofoam cover this rocky outcrop near water
Disposing of Waste
Trash along Sea
Ocean Littered with Plastic bagsOcean Littered with Plastic bags
Gilemot bird found tangled in plastic string
Albatross found with plastic litter in its stomach
Snapping turtle with plastic ring constricting its growth
Loggerhead turtle found with plastic wiring around its flipper
Tiny crab found tangled in plastic wiring
Seal with constricting plastic wiring around its neck
Beached Great Whale found dead after oil spill
Thousands Fishes Died of Oil Spill
Tzahyter turtle covered in oil after oil spill
Bird covered in oil
Penguins get washed after getting covered in oil
Tornado Destruction
Hurricane - Getting Stronger Each Year
Flood
LightningLightning
Pollution - Los Angeless
Green Ware Green Practice
“Green happens where we practice green”
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