Green Living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use of the earth's natural resources and personal resources. Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their carbon footprint by altering methods of transportation, energy consumption, and diet.

1. GREEN LIVING:
A Lifestyle With Low Carbon Footprint
OHSE MEDIA CONTENT BY RUSSELSMITH

2. What is Green Living?
“WE DO NOT INHERIT THE EARTH FROM OUR ANCESTORS, WE
BORROW IT FROM OUR CHILDREN.”
– NATIVE AMERICAN PROVERB
Going green is a personal choice that is embraced by individuals to
contribute towards the betterment of this planet and make this place a better
place to live for future generations to come.

3. What is Green Living?
Green Living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use
of the earth's natural resources and personal resources.
Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their carbon footprint
by altering methods of transportation, energy consumption, and diet.

4. What is Carbon Footprint?
When talking about climate change, footprint is a metaphor for the total impact that
something has. And carbon is a shorthand for all the different greenhouse gases
that contribute to global warming.
The term carbon footprint, therefore, is a shorthand to describe the best estimate
that we can get of the full climate change impact of something. That something
could be anything – an activity, an item, a lifestyle, a company, a country or even the
whole world.
A carbon footprint is the measure of the environmental impact of a particular
individual or organization's lifestyle or operation, measured in units of carbon
dioxide.

5. Carbon Footprint is composed of two parts:
• Primary Footprint: is the sum of the direct carbon dioxide emissions of
burning of fossil fuels, like domestic energy consumption by furnaces and
waters heaters, and transportation, like automobiles and airplane travel
• Secondary Footprint: The secondary footprint is the sum of indirect emissions
associated with the manufacture and breakdown of all products, services and
food an individual or business consumes.
What is Carbon Footprint?

6. Effects of Carbon Footprint
• Greenhouse Gas Emission
• Climate Change - Ozone layer depletion
• Shrinking water supply
• Increasing incidents of Severe Weather
• Geographical Changes
• Depletion of Resources
• Electricity supply
• Health Challenges
• Cost

7. Practical Ways To Go Green
• Switch off air-conditioners, TVs, cellphone chargers, light bulbs, when not in
use –if leaving the room for more than 10 minutes
• Use Energy saving bulbs
• Use cooking gas instead of Kerosene
• Plant a tree
• Recycle shopping bag
• Recycle everything
• Walk for short distances
• Carpool
• Paperless bills
• Support going green products

8. Everyday Greener Thinking
• Turn off light switch at night
• Always check water connection regularly
• Reduce use of microwave
• Use ceramic wares and less of disposable cups/plates
• Instead of trashing old cloths, give out to less privileged

9. Conclusion
The Right Attitude…
For every change we plan to embark on, having the right attitude is the first
step.
Let’s make up our mind to watch our footprints in the environment

10. Green living
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