Environmental

Ethics
Content
• Meaning
• Defination
• Pollution
• Causes
• Effects
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• Band on Plastic
 Environmental ethics

•Ethics = the study of good and bad, right and wrong

• Moral principles or values held by a person or society
• Promoting human welfare, maximizing freedom, minimizing pain and suffering
•Ethics is a prescriptive pursuit: it tells us how we oughtto behave

Ethical standards = criteria that help differentiate right from wrong

Environmental ethics = application of ethical standards to relationships between

human and nonhuman entities
Definition

Environmental ethics is the discipline that studies the moral

relationship of human beings to, and also the value and
moral status of, the environment and its nonhuman
contents.

It exerts influence on a large range of desciplines including

law, sociology, theology, economics ecology and geography.
Air Pollution
Chemicals are released into the air
through harmful gases, burning of fuels,
& other byproducts of modern human
life.

Polluted air can impede breathing &

causes many diseases in humans &
animals.
Land Pollution

Waste materials produced by humans are left to

accumulate on the Earth’s surface. Many chemicals,
such as pesticides & fertilizers, are absorbed into soil.

Ingestion of waste can injure or poison animals.

Chemicals can also enter the soil & be absorbed by
plants or leech into the water supply
Noise Pollution

Human produce excess amounts of loud

noise, including industrial & vehicles
sources.
Excessive noise in the environment can
interfere with animal communication. It can
also harm animals that rely on sound for
navigation or hunting.
Water Pollution
Toxins from human & industrial
waste are introduced into our water
supplies.
Water can be a medium for many
pathogens. It can cause disease
when consumed by human &
animals.
Causes of Air Pollution

A. Natural Causes
• Volcanic Eruptions
• Forest Fires

B. Human Causes
• Industries
• Motor Vehicles
• Constrution Work
Causes of Water Pollution

• Domestic Waste
• Sewage System
• Solid Waste
• Industrial waste
• Acid Rain
• Oil Industry
• Aquatic Plants
Causes of Soil Pollution

• Use of Chemical
• Soil Erosion
• Salty Water
• Urban Waste
• Industrial Waste
• Pollution of Underground Waste
• Radioactive Waste
• Waste from Mining
• Leakage of Toxins
• Dumping of Solid Waste
• Oil & Petrolem Spills
Causes of Noise Pollution
• Public/Private Transportation Vehicle
• Industrial Machinery
• Construction Site
• Loud Speaker
• Big Event
Effect of Air Pollution
• Mortality
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Lung diseases
• Cancer
• Effect on the central nervous system
• Acid rain
• Global warming
• Depletion of the ozone layer
• Effects on animal
• Effect on agriculture
• Economic efftect
Effect on Water Pollution

• Death of aquatic organisms

• River are changed into dustbin
• Shortage of drinking water
• Increase in BOD
Effect on Soil Pollution

• Effect on Micro-Organisms
• Effect on soil
• Effect on Bio-Accumulation
• Organ Damage
• Economic Loss
• Effect on Photosynthesis
• Effect on Agriculture Waste
• Effect on Industrial Waste
• Effect on Crop
Effect of Noise Pollution

• Effect on Human
• Effect on Animals
• Effects on Environment
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched on 02 October 2014.
• It was lunched by our Prime Minister Modi.
• At a rally in champaran, the Prime minister called the campaign Satyagrah se Swachhagrah in reference to
Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha launched on 10 April 1916.
Banned on Plastics

● Plastic bags never degrade completely, which shows that as more of them
are produced by companies, more are introduced into the environment.
● The more the amount of plastic bags, the more there is plastic pollution and
its effects.
● Banning the use of plasticbags will help reduce this great effect.
● 100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone.