ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES 4,5 AND 6

 ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLE 4– “EVERYTHING CHANGES”

 Natural change
 Natural processes of nature
 Man has no control
 Kinds of natural change
 Internal change
 Activities happening inside the earths surface
 Volcanism, earthquakes, diastrophism
 External change
 Activities happening on earths surface
 Weathering and erosion
 Man-made changes(anthropogenic)
 Changes lie outside the bounds of natural changes
 Man invented and discovered fire so as pollution.
 ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLE 5– “EVERYTHING MUST GO SOMEWHERE”
 Solid waste
 Useless, discarded materials
 Refuse
 Things rejected or insignificant in value
 Garbage
 Strictly refers to animal or vegetable wastes
 Trash
 Useless and worthless matter that is unsightly but no odor
 Toxic
 Potentially cause injury to living organisms
 Hierarchy of solid waste management
 Reduce
 Segregate
 Reuse
 Recycle
 Response
 Segregation of solid wastes
 Compostable/biodegradable
  Leftover/spoiled food, fish/fowl cleanings, seeds, bones, tissue paper
 Recyclable/non-biodegradable
 Metal, glass, rubber, dry paper, cloth/ dry processed fiber
 Non-recyclable/residual wastes
 Sanitary napkins, disposable diapers, used/ worn-out rugs, polyvinyl
chloride(PVC)
 Special/hazardous household wastes
 Paint, thinners, tires, sprays, canisters
 Why we should manage our solid wastes
 Everything is thrown away
 Running out of space
 Clogged water system
 Spread of disease
 Contamination
 ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLE 6– “OURS IS A FINITE EARTH”
 Resources
 Types of Resources
 Renewable
 Types of renewable resources
 Organic type
 Inorganic type
 Can be replenished
 Non-renewable
 Don’t replenish
 Fossil fuels
 Metallic minerals
 Perpetual resources
 Not affected by human use
 Direct solar energy
 Winds, tides, flowing water
 Potential resources
 Fresh air
 Fresh water
 Fresh soil
  Floras and fauna
 Why conservation matters
 Energy conservation
 Water conservation
 Material conservation
 ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLE 7– “NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL”
 Nature is beautiful and we are stewards of God’s creation
 Definition of stewardship
 Caretaker, who looks after and cares for the world
 God given responsibility to manage or control the Earth
 Carefully looking after something for the real owner
 Dominion and ruler
 Dominion and ruler does not mean we can do what we like
 Dominion
 Means kingship which means to rule wisely and being responsible to
Gods world
 Christian examples of stewardship
 St francis of assisi
 St benedict of nursia
 St Hildegarde of bingen
 What stewards should learn
 House composting
 Household hazardous waste
 Natural lawn care
 Outreach strategies
 Recycling
 Resource conservation
 Waste reduction
 Water quality
 What do stewards do
 Make invaluable contribution to the community as educated residents
 Provide useful information that helps local residents make informed
decisions about waste prevention, wise use of resources and ways to
minimize environmental impacts of our everyday activity.
 Stewards do things that contributes to resources conservation
throughout the community