Acronyms
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
This type of public transportation is used by about 3.2 million people every day in NYC
subway
An excess of this natural gas is one of the main causes of climate change
Carbon dioxide or methane or nitrous oxide
This president removed the United States from the Paris Climate Accord in 2017
Donald Trump
These animals were kept on the roof of the school before the pandemic (and hopefully will return soon!)
Chickens
FMNP
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
Driving in a car creates this many times more emissions than riding the subway
5x
Which country is currently the largest producer of carbon dioxide?
China
According to a report by UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change will be irreversible by this year
2030
The energy efficiency rating for the building (A, B, or C)
B
HSES
This is the most used form of renewable energy
Hydroelectric
Which country is historically the largest producer of carbon dioxide? (1850-2021)
United States
These two continents are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change
Africa and Asia
A lab for growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution instead of soil
Hydroponics lab
WWF
World Wildlife Fund
This process sucks carbon dioxide out of the air
carbon capture
We lose about 10 million hectares of forest each year - this process of losing forest is called this
deforestation
Half of the world’s coral reefs have died in the last 30 years, and two thirds of the Great Barrier Reef have been damaged by coral bleaching caused by this change to seas
High temperatures
This small teacher does not eat meat (vegetarian/vegan)
Ms. Whitaker
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
The most efficient way to address climate change is to make these more sustainable
Refrigerants (like air conditioners)
This industry is responsible for more emissions than all transportation emissions combined
Meat industry (raising livestock)
Which tech company is the biggest polluter?
Samsung (or Amazon)
In what year was HSES "established in response to a growing consciousness of environmental issues and in anticipation of a rapidly expanding field of environmental professions" according to Wikipedia
1992