Thursday 5 June 2008

One Planet Ten Principles

Zero Carbon: The temperature is rising up because the increase of CO2 percentage which is caused by human daily uses.

Zero Waste: The items people use are left and thrown away without thinking about how useful it is to recycle it and also how hard it is to disappear.

Sustainable Transport: Using the vehicles causes air pollution by all the gases it rejects and a noise pollution also with the engine sound and horn.

Local and sustainable materials: The over use of a foreign source of materials for our usage is threatening the earth and weakening the country’s economy.

Local and Sustainable Food: Not knowing the source of an agriculture product could lead to bad effects and also to import it from another country will cause the CO2 to rise up because of transport.

Sustainable Water: Not using too much water and also re-use the wasted water to match all the peoples’ needs.

Natural habits and wildlife: Killing so many animals could cause some species to extinction which is something we sure don’t want it to happen.

Culture and Heritage: The culture and some old items are being lost with all the development the country is having now, so we should prevent all that from being lost.

Equity and fair trade: A lot of countries around the world suffer from poverty because they don’t have enough food or items to get for the people.

Health and happiness: The increase of living standard made people healthier and happier than before, medical care could be found now easily.

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