Environmental Protection in Hungary Our powersupply system Environmental

Environmental Protection in Hungary Our power-supply system

• Environmental protection is very important in our country • A lot of projects • Activists • Laws • From 2010 July – Ministry of Rural Development coordinate the environment protection • Our collective aim: to stop the global warming and its effects

By 2030… • Build more wind power-plants • Decrease CO 2 emission • Use more renewable energy • Water, wind, geothermal • Treat hazardous wastes carefully • Promote recycling system

And nowadays… • Nuclear-powerhouse in Paks • 45% of our electricity production

• Thermal power station in Visonta • 13% of our electricity production

• Water power station in Kisköre 7% of our electricity production

Wind power-plants 3% of our electricity production increase

What does Hungary do against global warming at schools?

The „ECO-School” Project • „Kids school” started in 2009, • Eco-protesting project for elementary school kids • The company propagates the project all around the world, involving Hungary

How does it work? • It is to teach children • Against pollution and global warming • Free documents, videos and other things for teachers • The kids can also draw and write an „ECO-diary” about their achievements.

Our School – Eco School • Selective waste collection • Bird feeders in the garden

Global warming in coursebooks • Hungarian coursebooks contain curriculums about global warming • E-books feature 3 D graphics about greenhouse effect

Global warming in papers

Gossip about global warming? • „The predictions about global warming didn't come true, the Arctic ice didn't disappear; it has grown with +60%. ” • 2011, June

Lost village? • • Rubi con In the next decade, a little village called Kivalina, might be lost forever. The eskimos will be the first 'climaterefugees. ” „ • 2012, March

• Effects? What do you mean? The W o the N rd of ation „We have 100% facts now. Maybe this will be enough scary to make people take climate changes serious. According to skeptics, the warming-up started slowing down. That's definitely false”- said Brigitta Bozsó from the Hungarian Greenpeace.

• • • ☼ n u S e h T It's all your fault! , , The rising number of fat people was yesterday blamed for global warming and other problems. Scientist warned that the increase in big-eaters means more food production- a major cause of CO 2 • gas emissions warming the planet. ” • 2009, July

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