Landscape Painters
Who was the conservationist who ultimately won the valley in the Hetch Hetchy conflict?
Gilford Pinchot
Which president had effects on the modern environmentalist movement?
Richard Nixon
When was 2024’s Earth overshoot day?
August 1st
What are the three different ethical frameworks?
Anthropocentric, ecocentric, biocentric
What was the name of the club that many landscape painters were a part of?
The Hudson River School
Which president signed the Antiquities act?
Theodore Roosevelt
How many sustainable development goals (SDGs) are there defined by the UN?
17
What are the four different challenges that make climate change a “perfect moral storm”?
Global, Intergenerational, Ecological, and Theoretical
What is the name of the piece Albert Bierstadt painted that helped start the early environmental movement in 1868?
Looking Down Yosemite Valley
Who is the "father" of the environmental justice movement?
Richard Bullard
What are the three pillars of sustainability?
Social, Environmental, Economical
What is the ethical system based on duties and rights?
Deontological Ethics
Where was the cabin in the woods located that transcendentalist Henry Thoreau stayed in?
Walden Pond OR Concord, MA
Who wrote “A Sand County ALMANAC”?
Aldo Leopold
The three central reasons why environmental sustainability is important
Environmental collapse, Social inequality, Economic instability
What is geoengineering in the context of climate change?
The deliberate large-scale manipulation of an environmental process that affects the earth's climate in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming.