UNIT-5 GREEN SKILLS

SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT

People live together in villages, cities, states and countries, thus
forming a Society interacts with the environment, and
changes it at the same time. The interaction of the society with the
environment sometimes affects the ecological balance in the
environment. With the increase in population and economic activities,
has started destroying the
environment. The industrial development and intensive agriculture that
provides the goods for our increasingly consumer-oriented society
uses up large amounts of natural resources, such as water, minerals,
petroleum products, wood, etc.
Natural resources
A resource can be defined as any natural or artificial substance,
energy or organism, which is used by human being for its welfare. Ever
since the earth was inhabited, humans and other life forms have
depended on things that exist freely in nature to survive. These things
include water, land, soils, rocks, forests, animals, fossil fuels and
minerals. They are called natural resources as they are the basis of life
on earth. We use these resources to survive and also to function
properly. Natural resourcescan be consumed directly or indirectly. For
instance, humans depend directly on forests for food, biomass, health,
recreation and increased living comfort.

Non-renewable Resources Renewable Resources

Coal Water
Coal is one of the cheapest Only about 2.5 % of water on earth is
sources of fuel.It is used in power fresh water. Energy f r o m r i v e r s i s
houses, factories and houses for u s e d t o m a k e electricity. Energy
cooking and heating. produced by tides in sea and oceans
can also be converted into electricity.
Petroleum Sun
It includes petrol, diesel and s energy can be used to generate
mineral oils. It is used to run electricity. These are used in
motor vehicles, furnaces and calculators, street lamps, and even
power-houses. in room heaters and water heaters.
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 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
There are three Rs which you can apply for saving the environment
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. It is a concept of the modern waste
management.
Reduce: Do not use what you do not need. If we reduce at source, there is
a lesser chance of waste generation and the pressure on our already
stretched natural resources is reduced. On an individual level we can
reduce the use of unnecessary items while shopping, buy items with
minimal packaging, avoid buying disposable items and also avoid asking
for plastic carry bags. Use your own reusable cloth or jute bags instead of
plastic bags.
Reuse: Reuse the materials for other purposes, such as making pillow
covers or rags out of used shirts or ladies suits.
Recycling: Recycling is reusing some components of the waste that may
have some economic value. Recycling has readily visible benefits, such as
conservation of resources reduction in energy used during manufacture and
reducing pollution levels. Some materials, such as aluminium and steel
can be recycled many times. Metal, paper, glass and plastics are recyclable.
Plastic items are recycled into new plastic products. Kitchen wet waste can
be utilised to make compost that can be used as an organic fertiliser. To do
this every house should segregate the waste into wet and dry garbage. Wet
garbage includes most kitchen wastes, which can be used for preparing
vermicompost. Most dry garbage is recyclable. Several technological
breakthroughs have recently been made to recover material from industrial
waste.
CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES
Conservation is the proper management of a natural resource to prevent its
exploitation, destruction or degradation. Conservation is the sum total of
activities, which can derive benefits from natural resources but at the same
time prevent excessive use, which may lead to destruction or degradation.
It means using them more efficiently and less wastefully
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GREEN ECONOMY
What is sustainable development?
Sustainability is the development that satisfies the needs of the present
without compromising the capacity. of future generations, guaranteeing the
balance between economic growth, care for the environment and social

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 well-being. Sustainable development is a concept that appeared for the
first time in 1987 with the publication of the Brundtland Report, warning
of the negative environmental consequences of economic growth and
globalisation.

I. Multiple Choice Questions:

1. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United

Nation in?
(a) 2015
(b) 2016
(c) 2017
(d) 2018

2. How many goals are there in SDGs?

(a) 15
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 18

3. How many countries have signed the SDGs?

(a) 163
(b) 173
(c) 183
(d) 193

4 Rain harvesting is a method of :

(a) soil conservation
(b). air conservation
(c). water conservation
(d). plant conservation

5 Water conservation Plants take in ________ gas that helps reducing air
pollution.
(a) NH3
(b) H2
(c) CO2
(d) NO2

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 6 To protect and conserve the environment we should adopt:
(a) white economy
(b) black economy
(c) red economy
(d) green economy

7 Green Economy - Which of the following is not a natural resource?

(a). Coal
(b). Electricity
(c). Petroleum
(d). Soil

8. What is the 3rd goal of Sustainable Development Goal?

(a) End Poverty
(b) Zero Hunger
(c) Good Health & Well-being
(d) Gender Equality

9. Which of the following is not a feasible option any more to improve

agriculture productivity?
(a) Precision farming
(b) Genetically modified seed varieties
(c) Expanding area under agriculture
(d) Using climate resilient crop varieties

10. AI can change current education models. However, which of the

following cannot be substituted by AI?
(a) Grading and assessment
(b) Content creating and content delivery
(c) Accessibility and affordability
(d) Emotional assistance

Answer the following Questions (2mark):

Q1 What is soil conservation?
Answer Soil conservation means improving the soil fertility by adopting various
methods.
1. Maintain the soil using natural fertilizers, adding manure and liquid fertilizer
make the soil fertility healthy.
2. Grazing should be allowed only on the specified areas.

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 3. Reforestation on the open space which can reduce soil erosion.
4. Dividing the slope into several flat areas to control the rapid run of water.
Q2 What is a green economy?
Answer

reducing environmental risks, ecological scarcities, improved human well-being,

ecological scarcities, and social equity.
Q3 What are the components of a Green Economy?
Answer The Green Economy includes the following components.

Managed transportation

Q4 What is the importance of green economy?

Answer:
1. It respects planetary boundaries or ecological limits and scarcity of resources.
2. It helps to protect biodiversity and ecosystems.
3. It is resource and energy efficient and it promotes low carbon emissions.
4. It delivers poverty reduction, human well-being, livelihoods, social protection
and access to essential services.

Q5 What is climate change?

Answer Climate change means change in the environmental condition of the
earth. Human activities are the largest contribution of climate change and earth
temperature by burning fossil fuels, increasing livestock farming, Fertilizers
containing nitrogen and cutting down trees.

Q6. How does harmful radiation affect climate change?

Answer Ozone layer protects earth from harmful radiation from the sun, Ozone
layer is made of a gas. Coolants in refrigerators, Air conditioners and Cleaning
chemicals directly affect the Ozone layer. When ozone layer affects the harmful
radiation comes to earth and increases health disorders.

Q7. What are natural disasters?

Answer Natural disasters depend on climate change, when the climate change
earthquakes, floods, storms, landslides etc. affect the earth.
To save the earth and environment we need to educate people about the
environment, through the environment and for the environment.

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 Q8 How to save the environment?
Answer There are three things people need to do to save the environment.
a. Reduce If you manage waste management properly, if you reduce the use of
unnecessary products or items, buy items with minimal packaging, avoid buying
plastic
bags or plastic products etc.
b. Reuse Always try to reuse waste products in a different way or reprocessing.
For
example, making pillow covers you can use old shirts or old suits.
c. Recycling Reusing some components of the waste that may have some
economic
value. Paper, Metal, glass and plastics are recyclable. You can recycle the plastic,
metal, glass, and paper products.

Q9 What is energy conservation?

Answer Conservation of energy means saving the energy and using it efficiently.
We
use a lot of non-renewable energy resources for our needs. we have to save them
1. Use LED bulbs instead of using Tube light or normal bulbs.
2. Switch of fans, TV, lights and other electrical appliances when it is not used.
3. Using a pressure cooker to make food will save energy.
4. Keep the bulb and tubes clean.

Q10 What is Green growth?

Answer Green growth is an approach for achieving economic growth that is
socially
inclusive and environmentally sustainable.
The Indian Government inclu

and green growth is the focus point of the green economy.

Q11 What is a green economy?

Answer
tion the green economy one that results in
reducing
environmental risks, ecological scarcities, improved human well-being, ecological
scarcities, and social equity.
Q12 What are the components of a Green Economy?
Answer The Green Economy includes the following components.

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 Managed transportation

Q13 What are Green Jobs?

Answer Many companies create jobs to decrease environmental issues due to
factories or waste management.
This company required a person to preserve or restore the environment in the
natural way that is Green Jobs.

Q14 What are the Green Projects?

Answer To Save the environment, many organizations are taking initiatives.
They are implementing Waste management, Energy conservation, Biofuel use,
Green sanitation, Green Building etc.

pollution as it does not require burning of non-renewable fuels, such as

coal.
-friendly alternative to natural gas.

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