Environmental Justice
Define environmental justice
“the just treatment and meaningful involvement of all people in environmental decision-making to ensure full protection from disproportionate environmental and health impacts, and equitable access to a healthy, sustainable, and resilient environment.” https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/sustainability-indicators/environmental-justice-factsheet
Renewable energy sectors hire technicians to install and maintain these rooftop devices?
What are solar panels?
Areas of the ocean where overgrowth of algae (called harmful algal blooms - HABs) causes low oxygen levels, resulting in the death of marine wildlife
What is a dead zone?
A field that focus on improving agriculture practices to be more environmental friendly and sustainable
What is sustainable agriculture?
This is CAA’s mascot
What is a quokka?
This term refers to the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards like pollution, environmental degradation, and water contamination on communities with people of color
What is environmental racism?
This type of car has lower carbon emissions by using both gas and electricity.
What are hybrid vehicles?
These are urbanized areas that experience higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas.
What are urban heat islands?
Someone who studies plants and plant biodiversity
Who is a botanist?
Name 2 events that CAA participated in this year.
What are the Craft Faire, Lip Dub, FUHSD Earth Day?
Name one environmental justice issue
Disproportionate water access, less tree cover in low-income areas, greater vulnerability to natural disasters, increased pollution around low-income areas, food insecurity
This greenhouse gas is the primary emission from fossil fuel combustion.
What is carbon dioxide?
Areas in the ocean where oxygen levels are so low that marine life cannot survive there.
What are Dead zones?
Someone who plans city development that is sustainable
What is a green planner?
Another Lynbrook club that CAA partnered with this year?
What is PAC? or What is Politics Club?
This was a human-made environmental health crisis involving a US city’s water supply, with tens of thousands of residents drinking water with dangerous levels of lead, leading to disease outbreaks.
What is the Flint Water Crisis
This is the largest(carbon-intensive) global source of electricity.
What is coal?
This branch of fishkeeping (one of two branches) is more damaging to the environment.
What is saltwater fishkeeping?
This is what a biologist might aim to do when restoring ecosystems through genetic conservation and species reintroduction
What is conservation biology
Name 2 Tip of the Weeks from this year.
Reduce paper usage, compost food scraps, maximize clothing longevity, close windows when using ac, air dry your clothes, thrift items, have a green halloween, have a sustainable thanksgiving, Pick up litter, run dishwasher and washing machine when full, maximize natural light, offset passive energy waste, make handmade valentines day cards, use reusable containers/bags, go to a farmers market, email/call members of congress, carpool/rideshare, use AI only when needed
This federal government agency deals with the environment and related regulation (can be moved up)
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Water consumption, large amounts of energy, raw materials (destructive mining), electronic waste (often containing toxic metals)
What are some negative effects that AI can have on the environment?
Excess nutrient pollution in the ocean causing excess algae
What is eutrophication?
This combination of global issues—including climate change fueled by fossil fuels, widespread pollution, biodiversity loss, etc
What are some major environmental challenges driving the demand for green careers?
Name 3 Activities from this year.
Hug a Tree, Habitat Clean Ups/Restoration, Project Green Challenge, Bottle Donation, BioBlitz, Online Quizzes, Climate Webinars, iNaturalist Species Observations, etc.