Adirondack Facts
UNESCO Biosphere
UN SDGs
Summit Trivia
100

This Adirondack town is considered one of the best places to view constellations.

What is Tupper Lake, NY?

100

This is the definition of a biosphere reserve.

What is a learning place for sustainable development?

100

This is the first sustainable development goal.

What is "end poverty"?
100

This is the location where the first Youth Climate Summit was held.

What is The Wild Center?
200

There are 100 acres of this type of ecological zone in the Adirondack Park, which resembles the same ecology from when the last glaciers first receded from the mountains 10,000 years ago.

What is an alpine zone?

200

These international Youth Climate Summits also resided in biospheres.

What are Canada and Malaysia?

200

This UN SDG has a fish on it.

What is "Life Below Water"?

200

This is the name for the high school volunteers who help plan the summit.

What is Summiteers?
300

This ADK resident bird species, cousin to the Blue Jay, is categorized as a vulnerable species in New York State due to warmer winters impacting their habitats.

What is a Gray Jay?

300

There are this many biospheres in the world.

What is 727?

300

The workshop "Is 'Yuck' in Our Future" addresses this SDG.

What is "zero hunger"?

300

This is the year that the first summit was held.

What is 2009?

400

That Adirondack Park was established as a state park in this year.

What is 1892?

400

These are the three main functions of a biosphere.

What are conservation, economic development, and logistic support?

400

The workshop "Climate Smart Communities" addresses this SDG.

What is "Sustainable Cities and Communities"?

400
Jerome Foster II works for this organization.

American Forests

500

There is this much percentage of bodies of water in the Adirondacks.

What is 6%?

500

These are the three zones that a biosphere has.

What are a core area, a buffer area, and a transitional area?

500

This is another name for the UN SDGs.

What is "The Global Goals" or the "2030 Agenda"?
500

This is the amount of countries that have hosted Youth Climate Summits.

What is 10?