Random Environmental Facts
Name three things that are commonly recycled
Paper, glass, plastics
This is a legally binding international agreement on climate change adopted at COP 21 in Paris
The Paris Agreement
This is the name of the new climate action program the Local Government Commission in partnership with California Volunteers and AmeriCorps is launching
Climate Action Corps
Term used to describe cities that have consistently higher temperatures than surrounding areas because of a greater retention of heat from buildings, concrete, and asphalt
Urban Heat Island
Riverside is considered to be the birthplace what California fruit industry
Citrus
This fuel provides the most energy in the US
Petroleum
International treaty signed in 1997 in Japan that binds industrialized nations to reduce their CO2 emissions
The Kyoto Protocol
These are the five regions CivicSpark Fellows are serving in this year
Greater LA, Sacramento & Sierra, North Coast, Bay Area, and Central CA
Term used to describe the movement focused on reducing building-related GHG emissions
Building decarbonization
The Los Angeles Dodgers were originally from what city
Brooklyn, NY
A dangerous pesticide, no longer in the USA, used to kill insects
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane aka DDT
NEPA and CEQA were signed into law on this year
1970
These are the four Network Groups Fellows are grouped into this year
Climate Action, Climate Adaptation, Water, and Resilient Development
This is the year California is required to reach GHG emissions to 40% below 1990 levels
2030
This iconic actress, who appeared in Batman Returns (1999) and Hairspray (2007), is from Orange County
Michelle Pfeiffer
This dam produces enough hydroelectric power to serve 1.3 million people in Nevada, California, and Arizona
The Hoover Dam
This United Nations body provides regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks and options for adaptation and mitigation
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
This is the year the first CivicSpark cohort graduated
2015
The goal of the Paris Agreement is to limit global warming well below 2, preferably 1.5, degrees Celsius compared to what levels?
Pre-industrial
This University of California (UC) has a library that is home to the largest collection of original Dr. Seuss manuscripts
A: UC San Diego
It can take up to this number of years for plastic to decompose
1,000 years
This is the year California is required to reach GHG emissions to 40% below 1990 levels
2030
Name one CivicSpark staff member who was a previous CivicSpark Fellow
Ashoka Alvarez, Mackenzie Bolger, Jesus Benavides, Ariadna Hernandez, Sarah Huang, Cailey McCain, Francisco Pares Olguin, Savannah Rose, Katie Webster, Angeline Foshay, or Hanna Neilsen
Economic sector that contributes the greatest proportion of GHG emissions in California
Transportation
This city has named May 29th as “Tony Hawk day”
San Diego