Global concerns Alex Barr

Global concerns Alex Barr

1. Enviromental Concerns

   • four factors
     • Pollution
       • caused by automobiles and also power plants and factories
       • Emissions of green house gasses effect atnosphere
     • Climate Change
       • Climate change refers to change natural temp
         • Includes rain and snow and wind
         • Effects on climate change on human life
           • lack of water
           • lack of crops
           • higher death percentage
           • Poor people will suffer
           • rich people are safer
     • Distruction of natrual habbatats
       • landscape lost for the future genaration
       • forests are lungs of the earth
       • forests retain soil
       • removing plants and wildlife damages possibility of learning more about the earth
     • Abuse of natrual recorse
       • world has limited supplies
       • drains very quickly due to humans

2. Individual and community responce

   • Individual
     • Recycling
       • better recycling of plasctic and paper
     • Home energy concervation
       • Loft insulation reduces energy loss
       • dont leave things on standbuy
       • use energy efficently
   • Community
     • Bye Local
       • bye from local shop
         • Helps local bussins
       • less transport emmsion
     • Non pollluting transport
       • They are major co2producers
       • walk
         • cycle
       • Many use cars for less than 2 miles

3. Hows Christens respond to the poor

   • Poverty
     • Pray
     • Give to chairity
     • campaighn for change
   • Fair trade
     • est1992
     • Respect for all
     • Fair for all
   • Campaing against exploration
     • workers in factorys are treated badly
       • children forced to work

4. Christians beleif about respecting each other

5. The Stem report Nastional and international response

   • Lord Stern did a review of the economies of climate change
     • 2006
     • most discussed report of its kind
   • Concluded that
     • Climate change was real
     • Humnas contribuating to it
     • world should spend 1 percent of global domestic product to avoid worst affect
   • uk Government
     • Uk government working to reduce co2
     • Finding non polluting ways to produce electricity
     • Supporting greener cars inventions
     • encroaching energy concervation

6. Christians response to environmental problems

   • Living and respecting life
   • Bible Says "god expects even demands that we be stewards of his creation
   • Many leaders have spoken out about the mistreatment of the world
   • They also argue a change of lifestyle is needed
   • And to use more of the earths natural recourses

7. Christians beliefs about respect for each other

   • The mission of love and justice and respect for all
   • If a christian does not have love for another human being how can gods love be in them
   • Why do people Matter
     • "The Glory of God is a person fully alive"
     • The bible commands that you shall love your neighbour
       • Actively caring for those in need
   • The Parible of the sheep and the goats