Rachel Carson: the person
UCSC
RCC Council
Waste
Climate Change
100

The year College 8 was renamed to honor Rachel Carson.

What is 2016?

100

The climate UCSC resides in. 

What is a Meditterian?

100

The time and day of the week RCC Council meets. 

What is Mondays, 9-10?

100

The amount of garbage someone can produce in a day. 

What is 4 pounds?

100

Extreme climate events that are common in California. 

What are Droughts?

200

The name of Rachel Carson’s first book.

What is Under the Sea-Wind?

200

The market that resides in RCC. 

What is the Redwood Free Market?

200

RCC Council's meeting space. 

What is the Red Room?

200

Items that can be composted in Santa Cruz County. 

What are Produce, eggshells, animal bones?

200

The 2016 international treaty between countries to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change

What is the Paris Agreement?

300

Rachel Carson's career. 

What is a Conservationist?

300

RCC Housing Theme

Environment and Society

300

The number of murals on the RCC campus.

What is 4?

300

Items to be considered as hazardous waste.

What are E-waste, aerosols....?

300

Sea level rise. 

What is the increase in the level of the world's oceans due to the effects of global warming?

400

Rachel Carson's major/ what she chose to study in college. 

What is Biology?

400

RCC's sister college. 

What is Oakes?

400

The tasks RCC accomplishes. 

What are Fund student organizations, provide space for student voices, and manages the RCC budget?

400

The closest landfill to Santa Cruz County.

What is the Buena Vista Landfill?

400

Renewable energy. 

What is energy from a source that is not depleted when used?

500

The book's name challenged the public’s view on the environment. 

What is Silent Spring?

500

The place UCSC sends its landfill waste. 

What is ReGen Monterey?

500

The number of consecutive meetings to become a voting member of RCC Council.

What is 2?

500

Resin codes are easily recyclable in the United States.

What is 1 and 2?

500

Carbon sinks are essential to the well-being of the planet in regard to climate change. 

What are forests, oceans, or other natural environments viewed in terms of their ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

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