AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL

CHALLENGES
 WATER POLLUTION DIRTY WATER FROM
FACTORIES AND HUMAN/ANIMAL WASTE
DONT HAVE ENOUGH CLEAN WATER (NILE,
NIGER, AND CONGO RIVERS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO LIVE NEAR)
FACTORIES, FERTILIZERS, OIL SPILLS, AND
PEOPLE POLLUTE WATER
PRODUCES DISEASE, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
 UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
NOT ENOUGH ACCESS TO WATER/RIVERS FOR
POPULATION
WATER IS NEEDED FOR AGRICULTURE
POLLUTED WATER FROM BOTH INDUSTRIAL AND NATURAL
WASTE MAKE THE NEED FOR CLEAN WATER EVEN
GREATER
LOCAL / REGIONAL CONFLICT CAUSED BY DAMS ON
RIVERS
 POOR SOIL & DEFORESTATION
NEED FOR JOBS / NEED FOR WOOD PRODUCTS
EXPANDING POPULATION NEED FOR HABITABLE LAND
FOREST CLEARED FOR FARMS /USED FOR OVERGRAZING
DROUGHTS (LITTLE RAINFALL) LIMITS NUTRIENTS /
HURTS SOIL
EXPANSION OF THE SAHEL LEADS TO DESERTIFICATION
AFRICAN ECOSYSTEM IMPACTED
 DESERTIFICATION
1/3RD OF AFRICA IS INVOLVED
DEFORESTATION CONTRIBUTES TO THE
PROBLEM:
POOR SOIL DUE TO POOR FARMING
TECHNIQUES
BARRIERS REMOVED + DROUGHT = WIND
EROSION
LAND OVERUSED POWDERY SOIL BLOWS AWAY
LEADS TO LESS FOOD, MIGRATION BY
POPULATION
EXPANDING SAHARA, KALAHARI +
 SUPERHERO PROJECT

DIRECTIONS FOR SUPERHERO: CREATE A SUPERHERO TO FIX ONE OF THE

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN AFRICA. (PICTURE NEEDS TO INCLUDE
DETAILS), NAME AND WHAT HE/SHE FIXES.
OR CREATE A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ADDRESSING ONE OF THE
ISSUES.
TODAY, YOU SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM YOU
WANT TO ADDRESS. THEN BRAINSTORM IDEAS FOR YOUR SUPERHERO OR
PSA. THE SUPERHERO SHOULD HAVE A STRENGTH (POWERS) , A WEAKNESS,
AN ENEMY (A BAD GUY OR GAL), AND A COLORFUL UNIFORM.