TAP History
The TAP graduation cord color/colors
What is green?
This industry accounts for around 70% of global freshwater withdrawals
What is agriculture?
This type of mistake was made at the Fall 2026 recruitment event park cleanup, which prevented us from having proper materials and gear
What is locking keys in the car?
ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and _______
What is Governance?
This student org is the University of Michigan's very first professional sustainability fraternity
The year TAP was founded
What is 2021?
This is the United States primary federal law to control air pollution, establishing national standards for air quality and regulating emissions from both stationary and mobile sources
What is the Clean Air Act?
The two eldest TAP members remaining from Eta class in Fall 2023
Who is Stella and Maeve?
This international certification label ensures that farmers and workers in developing countries receive fair prices and safe working conditions
What is fair trade?
A 2:00 a.m. campaign speech by JFK on the steps of the Michigan Union in 1960 sparked the student movement that led to the founding of this volunteer organization
What is Peace Corps?
The founding members of TAP (there's three)
Who is Hershy, Kelly & Kelsie?
The average American uses ____ gallons of water per day, including water for drinking, cooking, bathing, flushing and washing.
What is 82? (within 5 gals is acceptable)
Hosted by Audrey Auer in Fall 2025, this type of party combined two themes, and never got re(solved).
What is murder mystery x champagne and shackles?
This term refers to "the fair distribution of environmental benefits and burdens, ensuring that no group, particularly marginalized communities, bears a disproportionate share of environmental harms"
What is Environmental Justice?
This organization has supplied Washtenaw county with food and resources to alleviate hunger in our community for over 30 years (hint: TAP has worked with this org before!)
What is Food Gatherers?
TAP gets our definition of sustainability from this group
What is the Student Sustainability Coalition (SSC)?
The two compounds released in the air that combine with water and oxygen to make acid rain.
What are nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide. (sulfur & nitrogen acceptable ig)
Two separate weddings have resulted in the partnership of these former TAP members with members of ETA?
Who is Tristan and Ben?
The global deadline set by the United Nations to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
What is 2030?
The soon to be new University of Michigan president is the sister of an actor who plays this character on Grey's Anatomy?
Who is Dr. Teddy Altman?
TAP's four core values
What is Activism, Education, Friendship & Community?
As of late 2026, the Endangered Species Act protects this total number of U.S. domestic species (both endangered and threatened)
What is 1,680? (Acceptable range 1600-1750)
In the midst of a cold 2026 Winter retreat, this (former) TAPling serenaded us with instrumental political hymns while dawning a beret, crop top, and jack-o-lantern suit jacket
Who is Justin French?
Coined by Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, this framework is crucial to social sustainability because it analyzes how overlapping social identities (like race, gender, and class) create compounding systems of discrimination.
What is intersectionality?
This was the year the University of Michigan officially began allowing women to enroll as students
What is 1870?