Science- Climate Change and the future

Aim; To look at the different ways we can prevent climate change in the future.

How is sea level rise going to effect us in NZ

What places will be effected?- Pacific Island and just different places in New Zealand.

What else do we need to think about?- The people that live near rivers.

What other places around NZ will be affected?- Timaru, Gisborne, Whangarei, Nelson, Whanganui.

What does this do to our drinking water?- It makes our water taste like salt water.

What are the main concerns?- The salt water will be going into other people water from underground.

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1.   Electricity Cars.
2.   Public Transpots.
3.   Try not use to much energy.

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

There is no silver bullet.

What is the mix of things we need to start doing?

1.   Renewable things
2.   Transpot

What are 3 others you can think of?

1.   Recycling more
2. More running and walking instead of using Electricity
3.   Resuing more

Activities:

Carbon Footprint:

Carbon Footprint explained

Dwelling
Water
Recreation
Heating and cooling
Electricity
Transportation
Food
Waste
Air Travel
Consumption

Colour 1: for actions they are already doing 

Colour 2: for actions that they pledge to undertake in the future

Ecological Handprint The Ecological handprint builds on the concepts from the Carbon Footprint. We will look at the positive actions of:

1. Transportation
2. Community
3. Consumption
4. Water
5. Food
6. Home
7. Waste

1 Colour: For each action you are already doing 

2 Colour: For each action you would like to do in the future