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HungaryGrace MortonTamarac Middle School, Grade 7RPI EcoEd Research ProgramSpring 2013
This picture was taken by my dad when he went to Budapest.
Geography
Government
• Parliamentary democracy
• Prime Minister• Viktor
Orban
THE RIVER DANUBE THE RIVER TISZA
LAKE BALATON
Major Bodies of Water
http://eeagrants.org/Results/Project-stories/Protecting-the-environment-around-Lake-Balaton#story
This is another picture from my dad’s trip.
Air Pollution
http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf
http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/soil-takes-years-recover-pollution-spills/121/
Soil pollutionIt doesn’t hurt humans directly, but it hurts animals and plants living and growing in the soil.
•Sulfur dioxide•Contaminated clouds•Acid rain•Polluted soil
Toxic Red Sludge Spill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11498884
http://www.geoeye.com/corpsite/gallery/gallery-image.aspx?2140&g=17
Sludge contains iron oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, calcium oxide, titanium dioxide and sodium oxide
Hungarian Aluminum (MAL)
Declining at 0.81%Death Rate is slowly growing while birth
rate is shrinkingGovernment is encouraging people to have
children Got below 10,000,000 in 2010
Needs to get back upLowest ever since 1960Government will lower taxes for families
with three or more children.
Population
http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf
Estimations for Renewable Energy
http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf
Renewable Energy Strategy
http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf
Population
Renewable energy
Nuclear Energy
Fossil Fuels
Energy efficiency
http://energiaklub.hu/dl/kiadvanyok/Sustainable%20Energy%20Strategy%20for%20Hungary.pdf
Bicycling
http://www.xpatloop.com/news/bike_sharing_coming_to_hungary_in_march
This bike-sharing station is in France.
Szeged, Hungary
Clean Air Action GroupMonitoring air quality in Hungarian citiesOne of Hungary’s most well known
environmental organizationsEuropean Environmental Area Grants
Norway, Sweden, and a few other countries
Loan money to clean up the environmentRecently did a project with Lake Balaton
Environmental Organizations
Thank you!
Q & A
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