The first US President to act on environmental concerns, forming the US Forest Service and creating National Parks?
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
100
Tigers and buffalo in the early 1900s
Name two species that became endangered.
100
Silent Spring
What was the name of Rachel Carson's book published in 1962 about the effects of pesticides?
100
The report which officially introduced the idea of sustainability as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".
What is the Bruntland report?
100
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
What was the location for the 1992 Earth Summit?
200
The natural world (transcendentalism) was written about by both of these authors.
Who is Thoreau and Emerson?
200
Once the most prolific bird, became extinct in 1914.
What is the passenger pigeon?
200
Ban of the book "Silent Spring" was attempted by this industry.
Who/What is the chemical industry?
200
The type of chemical released during the Bhopal disaster in 1984 killing 22,000 people.
What is pesticide?
200
This became widespread and powerful in the developed nations.
What is the frequency of green awareness?
300
The first director of the US Forest Service, who believed that forests should be used and RENEWED both to maintain a flow of resources for human use and to conserve the environment.
Who is Gilford Pinchot?
300
The book written by Aldo Leopold in 1949 that some people consider to be the most important book on conservation ever written?
What is "A Sand County Almanac"?
300
People are at a higher risk for this disease because of the use of synthetic pesticides such as DDT?
What is cancer?
300
The Soviet Union, Northern Europe, Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus and as far as north-east America.
What are the countries/areas affected by radioactive fallout by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion?
300
Over $1 billion
What is the economic value of whale watching?
400
John Muir, founder of the Sierra club.
Who was the first "preservationist"?
400
Wind and drought (lack of precipitation).
What two climatic factors changed the grass plains of North America into a dustbowl ruining the agriculture in the area?
400
Identify endangered species and and limit trade to protect them from extinction.
What is the function of the CITES organization?
400
The direct threat to skin cancer and the availability of ozone friendly alternative products.
What are reasons for the succesful development of solutions to the hole in the ozone layer?
400
Water and sanitation
Energy
Health
Agriculture
Biodiversity
What are the five main areas of concern identified at the 2002 Johannesburg Summit?
500
To maintain timber, coal, oil and water for future generations in USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Why were reserves first formed?
500
Nervous system affected, deformities, eventual death of over 900 people in the nearby Fishing Village.
What was the health impact of the large amounts of Mercury discharged into the waters of Minamata Bay by a chemical factory?
500
The theory that the Earth is a single integrated system able to maintain homeostatic equilibrium ideal for life through feedback controls and able to protect itself from attack.
What is the Gaia theory?
500
Looks at up-to-date scientific information and assesses the risks of climate change. Additionally informs the Earth Summits and policy makers in decision making.
What is the function of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)?
500
Corporate interests, Japan, USA and oil companies
What are perceived obstacles to the development of renewable energy sources?