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The empowerment of our community.

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• Environment
• Any conditions or circumstances that affect the
development of an organism or group of organisms

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Environment • Climate
includes: • Atmosphere
• Water
• Soil
• Vegetation
• Sunshine

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 Health
conscious
people care
for the
environment.

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 Pollution
comes
from:
• Automobile emissions
• Industrial wastes
• Burning grasslands
• Discarded oil
• Open dump garbage
• Pumping sewage into rivers and oceans
• Tobacco smoke, etc
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 Community attitudes regarding
pollution begin with the individual !

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 Without a
pleasant
environment
our health
and survival
will be
negatively
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 All life on earth
depends on the energy
of the sun.

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In short life would cease of
there was no sunshine!
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 Invisible Light
• Ultraviolet light provides biological effects
• Positive
• Negative
• (5% of the solar radiation)
• Infrared light that provides warmth (54% of the
emissions)

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• Makes up 40% of
solar radiation.

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• Shorter cosmic rays
• Gamma rays
• X-rays
• Longer radio waves
• Electric waves

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 Plants and humans cannot live
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 1. Sunshine helps
maintain ambient
temperatures of the
planet

• In this way it
supports both plant
and animal
existence and is a
vital ingredient in
our environment.
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 2. Plants require sunlight for
photosynthesis

• They transform
carbon dioxide and
water into oxygen and
form organic
substances, vitamins,
proteins,
carbohydrates, fats,
and fiber.
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 3. SUNLIGHT
PRODUCES
VITAMIN d

• Sunlight helps in the

building and repairing
of the bones through
an increased level of
vitamin D in the
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 • Those who are
insufficiently
exposed to the sun
require vitamin D
supplementation.
This highlight the
importance of
dietary vitamin D.

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sunlight exposure
• Those in more equatorial
climates, who rely on
sunlight for their vitamin D
conversion, require at
least five minutes per day
of exposure to the face
and hands.

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Fair-skinned person

5 minutes/day exposure
is sufficient to provide
400 units of vitamin D.
Dark-skinned
person
6 times as much
exposure to
manufacture same
amount of vitamin D.
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 4. SUNLIGHT KILLS MANY
BACTERIA, VIRUSES, AND MOLDS

• If a petri dish in
which bacteria
have been grown,

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is half covered and the other half of the
dish exposed to direct sunlight, the
covered part of the petri dish will swarm
with bacteria;

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 whereas, the half exposed to
sunlight will show no growth at all
because the bacteria have been
killed!

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• It is a healthful practice to open curtains and windows to
allow the sunlight to enter our rooms, helping to destroy
bacteria lurking in the dust. Glass filters much of the
ultraviolet light and removes the risk of sunburn.
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 “In the building of houses, it is
especially important to secure
thorough ventilation and plenty of
sunlight. Let there be a current of
air and an abundance of light in
every room in the house… No room
is fit to be occupied as a sleeping
room unless it can be thrown open
daily to the air and sunshine.”

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 5. SUNLIGHT AND CANCER
• Decreased death rates from certain cancers
appears to be due to the ability of vitamin D and
related compounds to suppress the abnormal
growth of certain cancers.
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 6. SUNLIGHT POWERS THE
RECYCLING OF WATER

• Evaporation raises clean, distilled water into the air where it

condenses into clouds. As rain precipitates, it washes the air and
provides dissolved nitrogen to the soil as well as purified water to
replenish streams, rivers, and lakes.
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 7. SUNLIGHT
INFLUENCES
SEROTONIN
PRODUCTION

• Researchers have found that bright light, as well as sunlight, is

associated with increased serotonin production during the day.

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 SEASONAL AFFECTIVE
DISORDER(SAD)

This disorder was described by a

Prominent neuropsychiatrist

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• SAD is regarded as a type of major seasonal depression and has
many of the same symptoms as clinical depression:

• Loss of energy,
• Change in appetite,
• Tendency to oversleep,
• Difficulty concentrating, and
• Irritability
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• The cure is very straightforward: more light
during the winter months.

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• “For those with mild cases, thirty
minutes of exercise out in the morning
sun may be all that is needed to keep
the winter blues at bay.”

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“There are but few who realize that
in order to enjoy health and
cheerfulness, they must have an
abundance of sunlight, pure air, and
physical exercise. . . .Clothe your
boys and girls comfortably and
properly . . . Then let them go out
and exercise in the open air, and
live to enjoy health and happiness.”

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“Vigor declines as years advance,
leaving less vitality with which to
resist unhealthful influences;
hence the greater necessity for
the aged to have plenty of sunlight
and fresh, pure air.”

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 • Pollution of the
atmosphere with
polychlorinated
hydrocarbons has led to a
depletion of the ozone
layers with an increase in
radiation. Consequently
the incidence of several
varieties of skin cancers
has increased.

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1. Malignant Melanoma
• There has been a
significant increase in the
incidence of this disorder
over the last 20 to 30
years. Dermatologists
encourage the use of
broad-brimmed hats and
sun screens to reduce the
effects of “excessive”
ultraviolet light on the skin.

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 2. Squamous
cell carcinoma

• This cancer is
increased in
individuals living in
areas where they are
exposed to prolonged
sunshine.

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3. Basal Cell • This cancer is similarly
Carcinoma increased, especially in
light-skinned people living
in the tropics. In all of
these conditions, damage
to the skin is cumulative,
and many children receive
solar irradiation that will
progress to skin cancer in
later life.

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• Industrial emissions have resulted in acid
rain, which can destroy vegetation.
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• Young children
in a smog-
polluted
atmosphere have
a decreased
growth rate of
their lungs.

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 • Researchers
found the lung
growth of children
is lower than
those who breathe
cleaner air.

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 • Simple measures
could have significant
impact on energy
saving.

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• Outbreaks of infection often result from water polluted with sewage.
Equally serious is the pollution of water supplies with industrial
waste such as mercury, lead, and polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs).
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• The dumping of waste products onto the soil has resulted in
serious health problems. Chemical fertilization and pesticide
residues continue to pose challenges. Irrigation projects in many
instances resulted in serious alteration of soil composition.
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 • God in His love
and mercy to
humankind has
provided to
everyone,
regardless of their
status, an internal
atmosphere of
peace, joy, and
contentment.
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Matthew 6:45

“ . . .for He makes His sun to rise on the evil

and on the good . . .”
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• “If your voices are uplifted
in prayer to heaven for
light, the Lord Jesus, who is
light and life, peace and
joy, will hear your cry. He,
the Sun of Righteousness,
will shine into the chambers
of your mind, lighting up the
soul temple.”

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 • When we are
exposed to the Sun
of Righteousness,
our whole life will
be illuminated and
changed.

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 • When we drink
of the fountain of
life that He
imparts within us,
we will not thirst.
When we breathe
the atmosphere of
Heaven, we will
be at peace.

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 • When we are grounded in the rich soil of
biblical truth, we will live a healthful lifestyle.

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So God can fill our lives with

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The End
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