Definitions
A long-term change in average weather patterns.
What is climate change?
The U of I sustainability organization created in 2006.
What is the U of I Sustainability Center?
The building that the University's first Photovoltaic Solar Array is on.
What is the Integrated Research and Innovation Center (IRIC)?
The event the SSC puts on every year for Earth Day.
What is Earth Jam?
A commitment to our shared future through an integrated balance of social, environmental, and economic goals.
What is sustainability?
The two organizations that the Sustainability Center is today.
What are the Office of Sustainability and the Student Sustainability Cooperative?
How the Office of Sustainability, in collaboration with partners such as IdahoEats and Facilities, diverts food waste on campus.
What is the composting program/biodigester?
The event the SSC puts on at the beginning of each year with donated dorm items from the previous year.
What is Repurpose the Purge?
The UN's outline to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030, with an emphasis on sustainability.
Hint: _ _ Goals
What are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals/SDGs?
The U of I outline for becoming carbon neutral by 2030.
What is the Climate Action Plan?
The material the District Energy Plant uses to be carbon neutral.
What is (locally sourced) biomass?
A fund students can apply to for funding sustainability-related projects.
What is the Sustainable Initiatives Fund?
The variety of living organisms.
What is biodiversity?
The University's STARS rating.
What is gold?
Two types of campuses the University of Idaho qualifies as. (__ Campus USA)
What are Bee and Tree Campus USA?
At least one sustainability-related group on campus.
What are the Society for Conservation Biology, Soil Stewards, Paradise Audubon Society, Hydroponics Club, and others?
A network where organisms interact with their environment in a specific area.
What is an ecosystem?
What is the Talloires Declaration?
At least 2 of the areas of focus of campus sustainability.
What are academics, energy, water, waste, transportation, food systems, biodiversity, built environment, and procurement?
At least one event/opportunity related to sustainability on campus.
What are Earth Jam, Spruce the Palouse, Get Rooted, Bee a Volunteer...?