TERMS
Climate
What does SDG stand for?
Sustainable Development Goal
A five minute shower uses how much water?
a) 50 liters
b) 100 liters
c) 150 liters
d) 200 liters
B- 100 liters
The demand that an individual places on the Earth's resources
Ecological Footprint
A sub-group of the United Nations responsible for scientific evidence demonstrating human - induced climate change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
What is the definition of sustainability?
Satisfying the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations
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The label and/or measurement of a business that certifies its responsibility and sustainability in all areas. Examples include: Patagonia, Ben and Jerry's and Dr. Bronners Soap.
B Impact Assessment (or B Corps)
What is the waste reduction process where organic waste is converted into nutrient rich soil?
What is composting?
What is the gradual increase in in the earth's temperature caused by human activity, primarily the burning of fossil fuels?
Global Warming
The term for the occurrence in urban areas where it is significantly warmer than the surrounding rural areas.
Urban heat island effect
The crisis in Flint, Michigan is an example of which SDG
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
This is based on a fair society, built on a mutually supportive community, can not be achieved at the expense of others, not based on consumption.
Sustainable Happiness
Burning these increases the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.
Fossil Fuels
What was agreed to in the Paris Agreement?
A) To protect biodiversity and end deforestation of the world's rainforests
B) To keep Global temperature rise well below 2 degrees below preindustrial levels
C) To limit sea level rise to 3 feet above current levels
D) To pursue a goal of 100% clean, renewable energy
B) To keep Global temperature rise well below 2 degrees below preindustrial levels
The removal of trees faster than forests can replace them
Deforestation
The condition of mind that expresses satisfaction with the temperature
Thermal Comfort
The original humans of living simply. They searched for food from time to time, had tons of lesiure time, copious amounts of sleep and considered original affluent society.
Hunters and gatherers
The label on cacao for meeting ethical standards for workers who harvest the bean
Fair Trade
(2005) This protocol goal was to control global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for "DEVELOPED" countries
The Kyoto Protocol
The three 'P's that define the triple bottom line of sustainability
People, Profit, Planet
Name 11 SDGs
1)End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2) End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture
3) Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
4) Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
5) Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6) Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7) Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for al
8) Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9) Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation
10) Reduce income inequality within and among countries
11) Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable
12) Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13) Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy
14) Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine life
15) Protect and Restore ecosystems, combat desertification, reverse land degradation, stop biodiversity loss
16) Promote peaceful and Inclusive societies, provide access and justice to all, develop inclusive institutions
17) Strengthen Global Partnerships
Name three characteristics of Sustainable Happiness
Based on fair society
Built on a mutually supportive community
Reducing emphasis on economic growth; More stuff does not equal happiness
There’s not a quick fix
Can not be achieved at the expense of others
Not based on consumption
The ecological Footprint is measured in.....
Hectares or Acres
The period in time that marks the greatest initial increase of natural resources and the mass production of manufactured goods.
The Industrial Revolution