Green Cincinnati
This local institution is known as the "Greenest Zoo in America" and features a massive solar canopy over its parking lot.
What is Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
This young Swedish activist is known for her fearless speeches and bold demands.
Who is Greta Thumburg
This on campus resource is a free service provided to the community by the Office of Sustainability at the University of Cincinnati that offers repair services, tune-ups, and workshops that are free to the community.
What is the Bike Kitchen
To make a false or misleading claim about the environmental benefits of a product.
What is Greenwashing
What are the 3 P's of the triple bottom line?
What is People, Profit, Planet
This controlled environment agriculture start-up was founded by two UC alumni entrepreneurs.
What is 80 acres
In 2015, nearly 200 countries signed this landmark agreement to limit global warming to well below 2°C.
What is the Paris Agreement
15 buildings on campus have this certification.
What is LEED
These "dirty" energy sources, like coal and oil, are formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals.
What is Fossil Fuels
This term refers to a business model where products are designed to be repaired, reused, or recycled rather than discarded.
What is Circular Economy
These two farms in Cincinnati are fully self sustaining including their own local markets.
What is Greenacres and Turner Farms
Her 1962 book Silent Spring is credited with launching the modern environmental movement by exposing the dangers of the pesticide DDT.
Who is Rachel Carson
This on campus resource provides all University of Cincinnati students and faculty with fresh and shelf-stable food, free of charge. UC members are permitted one visit a week in which they can select up to 25 pounds of items.
What is the Bearcat Pantry
This gas, released primarily by cows and landfills, is 25 times more potent at trapping heat than CO2
What is Methane
When a company pays for a project elsewhere (like planting trees) to cancel out its own emissions.
What is Carbon Offset
This local service provides "bucket swaps" for households and businesses, diverting tons of food scraps from Greater Cincinnati landfills to create nutrient-rich soil.
What is Queen City Composting
This policy succeeding in reducing ozone emission and closing the ozone "hole".
The Montreal Protocol
This rooftop garden is one of the few you will commonly see while walking around UC’s campus. This garden functions as a green roof on which building?
What is Zimmer Hall
This material is "infinitely" recyclable, meaning it never loses quality no matter how many times it's melted down.
What is Aluminum
These emissions come from sources that are "owned or controlled" by the company, such as a fleet of delivery trucks.
What is scope 1
This regional sustainability alliance, whose name matches a rainy-day accessory, facilitates the "2030 District."
What is Green Umbrella
This term refers to the "right to a healthy environment," which the UN General Assembly officially declared a universal human right in 2022.
What is Environmental Justice.
This feature is a gem on campus and easy to miss! It is located on the ninth floor of Rieveschl and is home to many different plants, insect research, and a prime example of collaborations between staff, faculty and students.
What is Rieveschl Greenhouse
Scientists warn we must stay below this specific temperature increase (in Celsius) to avoid the worst climate impacts.
What is 1.5 degrees C
This "Scope" of emissions refers to the electricity a company buys from a utility provider.
What is Scope 2