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Running Head: GLOBAL ISSUES 1 Persuasive Speech: Global Issues Name Institution Of Affiliation Date GLOBAL ISSUES 2 Sentence Outline Persuasive Speech: Global Issues Speech Title: Environmental Protection General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To urge my audience to actively take part in protecting and saving our environment

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Running Head: GLOBAL ISSUES 1 Persuasive Speech: Global Issues Name Institution Of Affiliation Date GLOBAL ISSUES 2 Sentence Outline Persuasive Speech: Global Issues Speech Title: Environmental Protection General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To urge my audience to actively take part in protecting and saving our environment. Thesis: A green and clean atmosphere are important to living a peaceful and healthy life. Introduction Attention Getter. Take a minute or two to reflect on the different ways you contribute to polluting the environment and the atmosphere in general. When I talk about how we pollute the environment, don't think of some big issues. Consider the everyday activities you engage in; environmental pollution starts there, with you and I, as some of the little things we do pollute the environment, even though we might not notice it. Credibility. Like many of you, I contribute to the daily environmental pollution through little actions in my everyday activities, and I try every day to avoid them to reduce the effects they have on the environment as much as possible. Common Ground. Environmental pollution revolves around human beings, around us. In 2020, I joined an environmental club. Through this club, I have been exposed to a deeper view of how our environment has deteriorated. Our forests are becoming deserts, our oceans are a big mess, and our surrounding environments, the environments we live in, are a mess that is beyond explanation. Our towns, cities, local markets, and beaches are pathetic, with all sorts of unsightly littler, like many of you can confirm. Thesis. A green and clean atmosphere is important to live a peaceful and healthy life. Preview Statement. In this presentation, I will show you and help you reflect on these three major issues about the environment; GLOBAL ISSUES 3 1. How we engage and contribute to environmental population 2.The effects of environmental pollution. 3. What we can do to save our environment. Transition: I would like to explain how we contribute to environmental pollution through our daily activities. Body Main Point 1 –We habitually use things that pollute the environment without even knowing it. According to Thompson (2009), in the journal Ethics and the Environment, "Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them." we are all responsible for global warming. We need to avoid these practices at all costs if we have to save our environment. 1. Air pollution. The ignition of fossil oils for transport and electricity gives both principal and second-generation contaminants and is among the many pollutants that react in the air causing pollution. Toxic gaseous particles such as nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide rise into the atmosphere and combine with other gases to create even more poisonous gases. Fertilizer use in agriculture is the main cause of fine particulate air pollution, affecting most of Europe, China, Russia, and the United States. Agriculture, which is believed to overshadow all other sources of air pollution in these countries, is thought to be a major cause of the fine-particulate form of air pollution. Ammonia is the most common pollutant produced by agricultural activities. Accumulated agricultural waste and overfertilized fields release ammonia as a gas into the atmosphere. Ammonia then mixes with other contaminants such as sulfates and nitrogen oxides created by automobiles and manufacturing processes to generate aerosols. Other agricultural air pollutants include fungicides, pesticides, and herbicides. 2. Water pollution. Wastewater, sewage, and fertilizers are all sources of nutrient pollution. These sources' high levels of nutrients end up in water bodies, promote weed growth, and grow algae, rendering the water unfit to drink and depleting oxygen, causing aquatic organisms to perish. GLOBAL ISSUES 4 Herbicides and Pesticides used in residential areas on crops ponder into the soil and are carried by rainwater and runoff into the groundwater. As a result, pollutants must be screened every time a well is drilled for water. Industrial waste is one of the key causes of water pollution. Primary and secondary pollutants such as sulfur, nitrates and phosphates, arsenic, lead, and oil spills, combine with other pollutants such as mercury and lead, which cause harm to water sources. 3. Soil and land pollution. Land pollution is the damage of land due to human activity and land resource misuse. This happens when humans discharge chemicals like herbicides and pesticides on the soil, dispose of waste improperly and exploit minerals irresponsibly. Soil is polluted by leaking underground sewage systems, septic tanks, leaching of toxic pollutants from landfills, and industrial plants' direct discharge of wastewater into oceans and rivers, as well as mining. Pollutants from already polluted fields can be carried to soils in other areas through rain and flooding. Landfills can leach radioactive compounds into the soil and rivers, emit foul odours, and act as breeding grounds for disease-carrying rodents, among other things. 4. Noise and light pollution Noise is generated by various sources, including domestic appliances, social events, industrial and manufacturing activities, and transportation. Light pollution is triggered by excessive and prolonged use of artificial lighting at night. Human health may be affected, and natural processes, such as wildlife events, may be disturbed as a result. All lighting sources include electronic signage, night sports fields, car and street lights, city parks, airports, public spaces, and residential areas. Main Point 2- effects of environmental pollution. Pollution's results can be seen everywhere around you daily. Twigg (2007), in the article Applied Catalysis B: Environment, said that "environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option…they will be a necessity”. Damaging habitats and polluting drinking water is wreaking havoc on both humans and the environment. 1. Effects of air pollution GLOBAL ISSUES Heart attacks, wheezing, coughing, breathing problems, and inflammation of the skin, nose, and throat can be caused by air pollution. Animals may suffer from a variety of health issues as a result of air pollution, including congenital defects, reproductive failure, and diseases. Acid rain is caused by the release of oxides and sulfur oxides into the atmosphere as a result of fossil fuel combustion, producing significant concentrations of nitric and sulphuric acids. Acid rain harms trees and causes soil and water bodies to become toxic, making it impossible for fish and other marine animals to survive. 2. Effects of water pollution water pollution's main source that can disrupt the whole food chain is marine extinction. Mercury, cadmium, and lead are ingested by small aquatic organisms, which fish then consume, and other organisms which, when consumed by wildlife and humans, cause serious health problems. When disinfectants are used to treat polluted drinking water, dioxins are produced by highly dangerous chemical compounds linked to reproductive and developmental issues. 3. Effects of land and soil pollution. Toxic chemicals enter the human body by ingestion of foods grown in toxic soils, the consumption of dirty water, direct skin contact, and breathing polluted air. Deforestation brings an atmospheric conditions imbalance by reducing the carbon amount extracted from the atmosphere naturally. 4. Effects of noise and light pollution 5 GLOBAL ISSUES 6 Noise can cause anxiety, hearing loss, headaches, irritability, and sleep loss, all of which are harmful to our health. Excessive noise from vessels like submarines and others in the ocean can cause the loss of marine animals, especially whales. By causing eye pressure and tension, too much light causes eye damages and lowers the quality of life. Main Point 3. Remedies to environmental pollution. As we are involved in gearing environmental pollution, I believe we can also gear toward engaging in activities that reduce the population. According to Kleijn, Rundlöf, Scheper, Smith, & Tscharntke (2011),in the article Trends in ecology & evolution, "to halt the decline of an ecosystem, it is necessary to think like an ecosystem." 1. Sort the garbage. Mixing household waste is not a good idea. All should be divided into various containers. 2. Reuse and recycle. According to Lehmann (2011), in the article sustainability, “there must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. when I see people throwing away things we could use”. We should avoid single-use plastics and opt for packaging and products that can be reused several times. Before discarding something, it's always a good idea to see whether it can be put to some use, even if it's not for the original intent. 3. Companies and industries should stop spilling oil, untreated sewage, and chemicals in water bodies such as rivers and oceans. Industries should also stop emitting untreated gases into the atmosphere. 4. Homesteads should reduce noise and light pollution by using natural lights instead of electric light, which produces heat and affects our bodies. Transition: as a society, it is our responsibility to take care of our environment; Fahlquist (2009), in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, stated that ‘ scientists may depict the problems that will affect the environment based on the available evidence, but their solution is not the responsibility of the scientists but the society as a whole". GLOBAL ISSUES 7 Therefore, as we go about our daily activities, let us protect our environment in the best possible way. Conclusion. Restate Main Point- in conclusion, I have talked about the causes of environmental pollution, its effects, and how we can all engage in preventing pollution. Restate Thesis: I would like all of us to aim towards living a peaceful, healthy life by creating a green and clean atmosphere. Call to action – without taking action, the universe will continue facing the great risk of degradation. Therefore, I call upon everyone, big and small, young and old, to protect the environment as a responsibility. Clincher- We all have the right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and access public lands. As a result, let us all join hands to make our world a better place for ourselves and future generations to live. GLOBAL ISSUES 8 Reference Fahlquist, J. N. (2009). Moral responsibility for environmental problems—Individual or institutional?. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 22(2), 109-124. Kleijn, D., Rundlöf, M., Scheper, J., Smith, H. G., & Tscharntke, T. (2011). Does conservation on farmland contribute to halting the biodiversity decline?. Trends in ecology & evolution, 26(9), 474-481. Lehmann, S. (2011). Optimizing urban material flows and waste streams in urban development through principles of zero waste and sustainable consumption. Sustainability, 3(1), 155-183. Thompson, A. (2009). Responsibility for the end of nature: Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love global warming. Ethics and the Environment, 79-99. Twigg, M. V. (2007). Progress and future challenges in controlling automotive exhaust gas emissions. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 70(1-4), 2-15