Greenhouse Gasses
The most common greenhouse gas in our atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
The form of alternative energy adopted in 1979 to heat water in the White House.
What is solar power?
This green building certification comes in “certified”, “silver”, “gold” and “platinum”.
What is LEED certification?
A period of severe drought in the 1930s that affected the farming communities of the Great Plains as well as the entire country in one way or another.
What is The Dust Bowl?
The meaning of the PEACE acronym?
What is: Peace, Education, and Activism through Creative Engagement?
The greenhouse gas cows release when they burp.
What is methane?
The plant-based gasoline additive that helps engines burn cleaner.
What is ethanol?
A large group of man-made organic compounds that accumulate in the body and persist indefinitely in the environment, known as so-called “forever chemicals”.
What is PFAS?
Founded in 2003, this car company has come to dominate the electric vehicle market.
What is Tesla?
The PEACE advisor.
Who is Patrick?
The largest carbon sink (environments that capture more carbon dioxide than they produce) on Earth.
What are oceans?
This is the largest source of clean power in the United States.
What is nuclear power?
This was the very first Earth Day celebrated in the United States.
When is April 22nd, 1970?
The 2006 documentary produced by former Vice-President Al Gore about Climate Change.
What is "An Inconvenient Truth"?
The time and place of PEACE meetings this semester.
What is Wednesday from 4:30 PM at Upham 142?
The plant that produces over half of the oxygen in our atmosphere.
What is algae?
The fastest growing form of renewable energy.
What is solar power?
The number of categories of plastic there are in the industry.
What is 7?
A chronic condition that causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways, leading to symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness, believed to be affected by the environment.
What is Asthma?
The year PEACE was founded.
What is 2008?
The measure of how much solar radiation gets reflected back out into space.
What is the albedo effect?
The fastest growing source of alternative energy.
What is solar power?
A method of growing crops on sides of hills or mountains to maximize arable land area in variable terrains and to reduce soil erosion and water loss.
What is Terrace Cultivation or Terrace Farming?
This is when the Paris Climate Agreement was originally signed.
What is 2015?
The President of Peace
Who is Maren
The upper limit of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to prevent climate change, measured in ppm (parts per million).
What is 350 parts per million?
Measured in tons of CO2 produced per year, this country generates the most of any country in the world.
What is China?
One of the fastest growing plants in the world, also the largest known grass species, which has been used in fabrics, building materials and food.
What is the bamboo plant?
Launched in 1990, this super-hero cartoon character taught kids about recycling, endangered species and environmental protection.
What is Captain Planet?
The number of degrees Celsius of warming in this century climate scientists have generally agreed, if exceeded, will result in very difficult to control climate change feedback loops.
What is 1.5 degrees Celsius?
In this year, the world’s first electric car was brought to the Chicago’s World Fair.
What is 1893?
Awareness, Action, Accountability, and Affordability.
What are the 4 A’s of sustainability?
Due to its unique low-elevation geographic position, this Southeast Asian country is believed to be one of the most vulnerable to the effects of rising sea levels.
What is Bangladesh?
This climate change conference is happening as we speak in Brazil.
What is COP30 or the UN Climate Change Conference.
This country has alternative energy as the largest share of total power generation.
What is Iceland?
The most effective form of transportation in the animal kingdom.
A human (on a bicycle).
The main North Atlantic current of warm water that flows up to Northern Europe bringing milder temperatures than would be expected at such northern latitudes.
What is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC?