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”