Boston Green Spaces
This park, established in 1830, is the oldest park in the United States.
What is the Boston Common?
52 million tons of this material are recycled every year in the United States.
What is paper?
AI-based mapping tools are critical for tracking this environmental issue, where forests are cleared for agriculture or development.
What is deforestation?
This hazardous material, including substances like pesticides, asbestos, and nuclear byproducts.
What is toxic waste?
This rapid transit system, also known as the "T," is one of the oldest in the United States and plays a key role in reducing traffic and emissions in the city.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)?
This 4.1 mile long park connects the neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Back Bay, and the South End.
What is the Southwest Corridor Park?
These two materials are infinitely recyclable - they can be recycled and remanufactured many times without losing quality.
What are glass and metal?
It’s estimated that writing a single email with AI systems like ChatGPT uses approximately 519 milliliters of this natural resource.
What is water?
This country is the largest contributor to air pollution globally, largely due to coal use, industry, and transportation.
What is China?
This international agreement aims to limit the emissions from vehicles worldwide, setting strict CO2 reduction targets and pushing for cleaner technologies.
What is the Paris Agreement?
This neighborhood is home to the Naval Shipyard Park and the Bunker Hill Monument.
What is Charlestown?
This item, banned in 12 states and many cities (including Boston), takes 500 to 1000 years to decompose.
What is a single-use plastic bag?
Compared to a Google Search, a single request made through ChatGPT uses this many times more electricity.
What is 10 times?
This Boston neighborhood, heavily impacted by traffic and industrial pollution, is considered the most affected by air quality issues in the city.
What is the South End?
This term describes the shift from using fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like electricity or hydrogen in vehicles to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions.
What is alternative fuel?
At 485 acres, this is Boston’s largest city park.
What is Franklin Park?
This nation is believed to be the origin of paper, which has been recycled and remanufactured for thousands of years.
What is China?
This process, performed by AI servers, consumes massive amounts of water for cooling and contributes to electronic waste.
What is data center cooling?
This practice, when companies dispose of hazardous materials improperly, can lead to soil and water contamination.
What is illegal dumping?
This term refers to the environmental impact caused by the increased number of vehicles on the road, contributing to higher emissions and air pollution.
What is vehicle congestion?
This green space, described as a “living museum”, hosts an annual lilac festival.
What is the Arnold Arboretum?
These 2 European countries are known for their extensive recycling programs.
What are Austria and Switzerland?
The production and disposal of AI systems require the extraction of rare elements, contributing to this environmental problem where substances like mercury and lead are released into the environment.
What is e-waste?
This term describes neighborhoods that are disproportionately affected by pollution due to their proximity to industrial or hazardous sites.
What are fence-line zones?
This country is the global leader in electric vehicle adoption, with a goal to phase out gasoline and diesel-powered cars in the coming decades.
What is Norway?