Environmental Heroes
This American biologist and author, known for her work on marine conservation, founded the global nonprofit organization Mission Blue to protect the ocean.
Who is Sylvia Earle?
This large, tusked mammal is the largest land animal on Earth and is threatened by habitat loss and poaching for its ivory tusks.
What is the African elephant?
This renewable energy source converts sunlight into electricity through the use of photovoltaic cells.
What is solar power?
This term refers to the long-term changes in Earth's climate patterns, including temperature, precipitation, and wind patterns, often attributed to human activities.
What is climate change?
This process involves melting down scrap metal to create new metal products.
What is metal recycling or smelting?
This primatologist is renowned for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees and her lifelong conservation efforts.
Who is Jane Goodall?
This majestic big cat, native to the forests of Southeast Asia, is critically endangered due to habitat loss, poaching, and illegal wildlife trade.
What is the Sumatran tiger?
This renewable energy source harnesses the natural flow of water to generate electricity.
What is hydropower?
This greenhouse gas, released primarily from burning fossil fuels, is the main driver of human-induced climate change.
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
This material, commonly found in electronics, contains valuable metals like gold, silver, and copper that can be recovered through recycling.
What is electronic waste or e-waste?
This Indian environmental activist, often called the "Tree Man of India," has planted over 30 million trees and led extensive reforestation efforts.
Who is Jadav Payeng?
This critically endangered species of ape, known for its distinctive orange fur, is found only in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
What is the orangutan?
This renewable energy source utilizes heat from within the Earth's crust to generate electricity or heat buildings.
What is geothermal energy?
This natural phenomenon, exacerbated by climate change, occurs when ocean temperatures rise and cause widespread this to coral reefs.
What is coral bleaching?
This metal, known for its high recyclability, is commonly used for beverage cans, food containers, and construction materials.
What is aluminum?
This Kenyan environmentalist and political activist was the founder of the Green Belt Movement, focused on environmental conservation and women's rights.
Who is Wangari Maathai?
This species of rhinoceros, native to Africa, is critically endangered due to poaching for its horn, which is falsely believed to have medicinal properties.
What is the black rhinoceros?
This renewable energy source captures the kinetic energy of the wind and converts it into electricity.
What is wind power?
This international agreement, signed in 2015, aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
What is the Paris Agreement?
This process involves breaking down used materials into their raw form to be used in the manufacturing of new products.
What is material recovery or reprocessing?
This American environmentalist and advocate for wilderness preservation was instrumental in the creation of the United States' National Park System.
Who is John Muir?
This marine mammal, also known as the "sea cow," was hunted to near extinction in the 18th century and is now listed as vulnerable due to habitat loss and boat collisions.
What is the manatee?
This renewable energy source converts organic materials such as wood, agricultural residues, and waste into heat, electricity, or biofuels.
What is biomass energy?
This term refers to the increase in the frequency and intensity of weather events such as hurricanes, heatwaves, and heavy rainfall, linked to climate change.
What is extreme weather?
This type of plastic, identified by the number 5 inside the recycling symbol, is commonly used for yogurt containers, syrup bottles, and medicine bottles.
What is PP (Polypropylene)?