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Footsteps 59

POLLUTION

Photo: Jim Loring/Tearfund
Photo: Jim Loring/Tearfund

Pollution is a problem in all countries, but the source of the problem may lie elsewhere. As consumption increases, pollution usually increases. The State of the World 2004 report by the Worldwatch Institute contains some alarming statistics. The 12% of the world’s population living in North America and Western Europe account for 60% of the world’s consumption, while the 33% living in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa account for only 3%.

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Action against plastic bags
Plastic bags are easily carried by the wind. They hang in bushes, float on rivers, flap from fences, clog drains, choke animals and affect the way the landscape looks. Few plastic bags are recycled and most types of plastic bags take hundreds of year... More >>
Bible study
Caring creatively for God’s world The Bible says a lot about how we relate to the Earth on which we live. This has implications for our attitude towards it and how we care for it. Read Genesis 1 The Earth and all that God has made is ‘very good’ (... More >>
Creative ways of reusing materials
We often throw things away when they are no longer useful. However, there may be other purposes we could use them for. These pages contain some suggestions for using everyday items to make toys or household items. The materials should be cleaned thor... More >>
Editorial
Pollution is a problem in all countries, but the source of the problem may lie elsewhere. As consumption increases, pollution usually increases. The State of the World 2004 report by the Worldwatch Institute contains some alarming statistics. The 12%... More >>
Household rubbish pits
A rubbish pit is a way of disposing of household waste by burying it, after it has been reduced or recycled as much as possible. This helps prevent contamination of water supplies and breeding of flies and rats which may spread disease to people in t... More >>
Household waste management in Dhaka, Bangladesh
by Iftekhar Enayetullah. Over six million people live in Dhaka and each day they produce over 3,000 tons of household waste. Yet the Dhaka City Corporation collects less than half of it. The rest remains on roadsides, in open drains and in low-lyin... More >>
La Moya ecological reserve
by Loida Carriel and Graham Gordon. Ayaviri is a town of 17,000 people, situated in the Andes mountains in Peru. It surrounds an ecological reserve called La Moya, which is the only place in the district that remains green throughout the year. La M... More >>
Letters
Increasing chicken production We have developed these useful ideas for increasing production of our local poultry. We would like to share them with others. Have about 20 free-range hens laying eggs, with one or two cockerels. Every day, colle... More >>
Reduce, reuse, recycle
We all produce rubbish. Usually we don’t think about it. We just throw it away. But the world is running out of room to store all the rubbish that is piling up. If left lying around, rubbish becomes a health hazard and looks ugly. Burning rubbish p... More >>
Reducing indoor air pollution - Participatory approaches in Kenya
by Elizabeth Bates, Nigel Bruce, Alison Doig and Stephen Gitonga. Around 80% of people in rural sub-Saharan Africa depend on fuels such as wood, dung and crop residues for their domestic energy. Smoke from burning these fuels inside homes can lead t... More >>
Resources
Fundraising by Rachel Blackman This is book six in the ROOTS series, produced by Tearfund. Fundraising is often done in a disorganised way, rather than in a planned, forward-looking and strategic way. This book shows how to develop a fundraising str... More >>

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