Earth Day Jokes
What is a Tornado's favourite game?
Twister
What day is Earth Day?
April 22nd
What percentage of the ocean has been explored?
5%
True or False: The LED street lights in Brandon make less than 1% of the Community's emissions?
True
Name 3 household hazardous waste items that
paint, aerosols, pesticides, cfls, fluorescent lights, batteries, chemicals.
How can you tell the ocean is friendly?
It waves
What year was Earth Day founded
1970
Earth is the _____ planet from the sun?
3rd
The Residential _________________ program has helped 35 residents keep storm water on their property.
Rain Garden
How many native pollinators can be found in the Brandon area?
220
They log in
True or False: Earth Day is the largest secular observance in the world.
True
What percentage of the Earth is water
70%
Fair Trade Town. Brandon was the 2nd in Mb and 19th in Canada
The ____________________ is 2x the size of Texas and made up of coastal debris.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Why did the Earth go to space school?
To improve its atmosphere
Who started Earth Day?
a) Al Gore
b) George Washington
c) Senator Nelson
Senator Nelson
Where does 1/2 of the world's oxygen come from
For the City's corporate emissions inventory baseline of 2019. What sector has the highest emissions?
a) fleet
b) buildings
c) Solid waste
Solid waste makes up 59%
The orange belted bumble bee recieved this designation from Bee City Brandon in June of 2020.
Brandon's official Bee.
Why don't you pay for dead batteries?
Because they are free of charge!
How many Canadians celebrate Earth Day each year (estimated)
6 million
What is the invisible line around the Earth that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere
The equator
What is Eleanor Kidd Park being restored to?
native pollinator habitat.
Textiles can be donated and reused or repurposed. In 2021 Diabetes Canada tracked this many pounds of clothing collected in the donation bins.
60,000lbs.