Global Sustainability
This environmental issue is responsible for 1 in 9 deaths globally
What is air pollution?
Not leaving the water running during this daily activity saves 8 gallons of water per day
What is brushing teeth?
Name two global wicked problems
What are climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemics, poverty, war, inequality, water/food insecurity, land use and waste, and more?
What are paper towels?
A carbon ____ is anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases. Examples include plants, the ocean, and soil.
A. Sink
B. Faucet
C. Bowl
What is a carbon sink?
What type of economy is one where materials can be reused and remain in the economy as long as possible
A. Linear
B. Circular
C. Capitalistic
D. Cyclical
What is circular?
This country is ranked second in terms of global greenhouse gas emissions
What is the United States?
The original definition of sustainability was created in this year.
A. 1982
B. 1987
C. 1991
What is 1987?
This is JCCC's only LEED Platinum building
What is Galileo's Pavilion?
Silvopasture integrates trees into pastures for raising livestock. Pastures with trees sequester ___ times more carbon compared to those of the same size that are treeless.
A. 2-3 times
B. 5-10 times
C. 15-20 times
What is 5-10 times as much carbon?
70% of freshwater resources are devoted to production of this
What is food, crop, and/or livestock production? (Will also accept agriculture or ranching)
The average American uses 17.2 gallons of water per day on this activity
What is a shower?
The Sustainable Development Goals were launched in 2016 to be achieved by what year
What is 2030?
Bird strikes on campus have been reduced by this percentage since 2018
What is 50%?
Roughly 1/3 of the world's food is never eaten. Food waste is responsible for what percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions? (Will accept within 5%.)
What is 8%?
The richest ____ individuals in the world have the same wealth as the poorest 3.6 billion people. (Will accept within 5.)
What is 8?
This item uses the most water in a household
What is the toilet?
These are the three pillars of sustainability
What are social, environmental, and economic?
This is the name of the JCCC farm
What is Open Petal Farm?
This is the biggest driver of tropical deforestation
What is beef production? (Will also accept soy production (#2) or animal agriculture)
Earth Overshoot Day, the day when humanity has consumed 1 year's worth of resources, was November 1st, 2000. What month is the 2024 Earth Overshoot Day in?
What is July? (July 25th, 2024.)
42% of a household's annual energy consumption is used for this.
A. Kitchen appliances
B. Heating home
C. Cooling home
What is heating homes?
The number of member countries who agreed to advance the SDGs in 2016.
A. 202
B. 193
C. 187
What is 193?
JCCC's electricity is powered by this percentage of renewable energy
What is 97%?
Please rank these climate change solutions in order of most effective in terms of carbon dioxide reduction (with 1 as most impactful and 3 as least impactful):
Offshore wind turbines
Plant-rich diets
Solar panels (across households and businesses)
What is
1. Plant-rich diets
2. Solar panels (across households and businesses)
3. Offshore wind turbines