Sustainability
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
What is Sustainable Development?
A company reducing its carbon footprint to net-zero is aiming to achieve this status.
What is carbon neutrality?
What was the first national park?
What is Yellowstone
This form of pollution, caused by excess nutrient runoff into water bodies, leads to dead zones in oceans and lakes.
What is eutrophication?
Jobs related to providing environmentally friendly products or services
What is a green collar job?
What are the three components of triple bottom line?
What is People, Planet, Profit
This international agreement aims to limit global warming to below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels.
What is the Paris Agreement?
A policy that limits the overall level of pollution and assigns individual, transferable pollution permits.
What is Cap and Trade policy?
Your Ecological or Carbon Footprint is the ratio of
What is the amount of resources you use to the amount of resources available.
What does CSR stand for?
What is Corporate social responsibility
In 1962, Rachel Carson wrote about the harmful effects of DDT and other pesticides in her best-selling book. What is the name of the book?
What is Silent Spring
This term refers to removing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it to mitigate climate change.
What is carbon sequestration?
The process of including environmental and social metrics in corporate decision-making is known as this.
What is ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance)?
What is the most sustainable company?
What is Schneider Electric
In what year was the first Earth Day celebrated in the United States?
what is 1970
This certification system is widely recognized for environmentally friendly building design and construction.
What is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)