Sustainability at UMD
Student organization that helps to minimize dining hall waste
What is the Food Recovery Network?
UMD Professor who was president of AEES (national)
What is Dr. Stephanie Lansing?
A system of pipes that is used to direct excess water flow in a city
What is stormwater management system?
One of the goals of ecological engineering is the restoration of
What are ecosystems that have been substantially disturbed by human activities?
This renewable energy source harnesses the power of the sun to generate electricity
What is solar energy?
The office of sustainability logo
What is a green turtle with a leaf for a shell?
The animal that is representative of AEES
What is the beaver?
What is Best Management Practices?
Ecological engineering is the design of sustainable ecosystems that integrate ____ with the natural environment for the benefit of both
What is human society?
This layer of gases surrounding Earth protects us from harmful solar radiation and is being depleted by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
What is the ozone layer?
The cutoff in funding between a mini-grant and a full grant
What is $2000?
The location of the 2025 AEES conference
What is UGA/Georgia/Athens, GA?
This ecological engineered structure elevate pollutants from stormwater naturally
What is bioswale?
In ecological engineering, _____ is used to satisfy an engineering goal
What are existing ecosystems?
This type of renewable energy, derived from organic materials like wood, agricultural crops, and waste, can be converted into fuel
What is biomass energy?
Name 4 LEED-certified buildings on campus (100 points per each, up to 400)
What are Clark, HJ Patterson, Prince Frederick, ESJ, Commons 7, Knight, Oakland, Physical Sciences Complex, University House, Pokomoke, Chincoteague, Wye Oak, Thurgood Marshall, Yahentamitsi, Pyon-Chen, Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex, and Johnson-Whittle?
The open access journal AEES runs
What is the Journal of Ecological Engineering Design?
This type of horizontal construction material can help reduce impacts from flash floods
What is pervious surfaces?
A dynamic set of living organisms all interacting among themselves with the environment in which they live
What is an ecosystem?
Name 5 of the goals set by the United Nations from the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
What is no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, industry innovation and infrastructure, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, life on land, peace justice and strong institutions, and partnerships for the goals
The percentage of campus area that is permeable (as of 2022)
What is 66%? (approximately 874 out of 1340 acres)
The year AEES was founded
What is 1999?
SWMM stands for ___ and it is specifically used for ___
What is Storm Water Management Model and used for simulating severe weather (if say of 1-100 year storms extra 100 points) to predict and flooding of municipalities?
Ecological engineers work to optimize the interface between ___ and ___
What is humankind and the environment?
Following a major earthquake in 2011, one of the most significant nuclear incidents occurred in Japan
What is the Fukushima nuclear meltdown?