The persuasive targeting of audiences with the message "you will feel better if you buy these new products."
What is advertising?
100
The type of material that decomposes faster than other types.
What is paper?
100
The most effective way to cut back on waste.
What is "don't create it in the first place"?
100
People unable to get rid of items because they experience a strong personal attachment to them.
What are hoarders?
100
Recycling paper saves both _______ and _________, which are natural resources.
What are water and trees?
200
The widespread, epidemic counter-narrative that emphasizes purchases and pushing money through the economic system.
What is consumerism?
200
How long it takes paper to decompose (not in a landfill).
What is under 5 months?
200
Reusing and repairing items is ___________ friendly.
What is environmentally?
200
The best way to prevent the problem of acquiring excessive "stuff."
What is "make a conscious effort ask ourselves whether it is something we need"?
200
How many times a piece of metal can be recycled.
What is indefinite?
300
Besides time and money, consumerism wastes a lot of __________.
What is energy?
300
Christian should evaluate companies' environmental footprint and support those who create products that are ______________.
What is biodegradable?
300
Re-using and repairing items almost always saves ______.
What is money?
300
The New Testament passage that warns against a focus on material goods on earth.
What is Matthew 6:19-21?
300
An economic benefit of recycling.
What are energy savings?
400
At least three venues where we are encouraged to buy more "stuff".
What are TV, the internet, magazines, radio, or billboards?
400
The number of tons of waste that the landfill in Sheldon takes in each year.
What is 225 tons?
400
The type of society we have become regarding our material goods.
What is throw-away?
400
The chemical in the brain (neurotransmitter) that gives us a sense of pleasure.
What is dopamine (also accepted: endorphins)?
400
Why the US government won't create a nationwide plan for recycling.
What is "doesn't want to overstep state boundaries"?
500
A mental slogan that can reduce our temptation to buy things when we are in a store.
What is "think before you buy" or "do I NEED this?".
500
How long most plastic items last in a landfill before they decompose.
What is over 1,000 years?
500
Christians should be good _______ of the things we already have and stop ___________.
What is "stewards" and "grasping for more"?
500
What keeps us from easily getting rid of our possessions (such as an old necklace or old homework assignments).
What is personal associations or experiences with that item?
500
Two solutions to improving recycling at Dordt and elsewhere.
What is
1. Take time to learn what can/can not be recycled.
2. Educate others on how to recycle.
3. Support local efforts in improving recycling regulations.