Plants
The country with the most plant species
What is Brazil (with over 55,000 known plant species)?
These natural disasters are causing severe damage to California’s ecosystem, infrastructure, and homes.
What are wildfires?
This state is currently in a drought, with 87.9% of its residents experiencing a level 3 “extreme” drought.
What is California?
Ways to reduce water usage
What is taking shorter showers OR not watering your lawn/having drought resistant plants OR checking toilets for leaks?
Local leaders’ technology officer
Who is Aryan?
California’s state flower and state tree
What is the California Poppy? (Eschscholzia californica) / What is the Redwood Tree and/or the Giant Sequoia?
At the age of 15, she sat outside of the Swedish Parliament for a “School Strike for Climate”.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
This recent hurricane struck Louisiana and ended up causing floods in New York City.
The type of lifestyle that produces the least amount of waste
What is a zero waste lifestyle?
This small group works with elementary school students
The method of taking a cutting from a plant and growing another plant out of it. Typically, you want to cut from its nodes (where the leaves grow out of)
What is propagation and on which part of the plant should you perform the procedure?
An international treaty on climate change that the US rejoined in January 2021.
What is the Paris Agreement?
The concentration of this greenhouse gas in our atmosphere is 416 parts per million, the highest it has ever been.
What is CO2?
Three forms of renewable energy that can power your home
What is hydropower, wind, and solar?
The day and time of our monthly full group meetings
What is the first Wednesday of each month at lunch?
The method of creating holes in the plant’s soil to allow for the better flow of nutrients, water, and air.
What is aerating a plant?
It outlines Pleasanton’s actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, enhance environmental sustainability, and prepare for climate change.
What is the Climate Action Plan 2.0 (CAP 2.0)?
This practice, frequent in the Amazon rainforest, contributes to 20% of all global greenhouse gas emissions
What is deforestation?
Three words, all starting with the same letter, that illustrate the best way to consume
What is Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle?
One of the three main projects that On-Campus is working on this year to help improve our school’s sustainability that Aditi mentioned last week
What are Hand Dryers in the bathroom OR compostable utensils in the cafeteria?
This is the most common nickname for a Monstera plant. Hint: it is a type of food
What is a Swiss Cheese Plant?
There are only 2 of these animals left in the world.
What is the Northern White Rhino?
This company was exposed for funding lobbyist attempts to reject climate change
The most eco-friendly material from which to build a house
Local Leaders won this award in 2019
What is the Golden Bell award?