Random Sustainability Facts
How many times is the average piece of clothing worn before being discarded in the US?
A. 2-5 times
B. 7-10 times
C. 12-15 times
What is 7-10 times?
This is the name given to the electricity used by devices that have been left plugged in (TVs, chargers, computers, etc.), even when they are turned off. This type of power can account for up to 20% of a monthly electricity bill.
A. Vampire power
B. Ghost power
C. Shadow power
What is vampire power?
Also known as vampire energy, standby power, or phantom load.
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?
(#1: China, #2: US, #3: India, #4: Russia, #5: Indonesia)
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?
There are two materials that are infinitely recyclable. Name one of them.
What are glass or aluminum?
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%?
Food waste is responsible for what percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions? (Will accept within 5%.)
What is 8%?
This is the most commonly littered item in the world
What are cigarette butts?
(About 4.5 trillion cigarettes are discarded globally each year.)
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?
What is the average amount of compost that the Center for Sustainability staff collects on a daily basis from the campus kitchens currently?
A. 100-200 pounds
B. 300-400 pounds
C. 500-600 pounds
What is 300-400 pounds?
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 in 2000. What month is the 2025 Earth Overshoot Day in?
What is July? (July 24, 2025)
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