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100

RMI was founded in 1982 by this physicist and energy expert.

Who is Amory Lovins?

100

This technology captures CO₂ directly from the air and stores it underground.

What is direct air capture?

100

This classic science fiction novel, recently adapted to the silver screen, examines the effects of ecological collapse on a desert planet.

What is Dune?

100

This 2006 documentary by Al Gore brought climate change into the spotlight.

What is An Inconvenient Truth?

100

This country generates nearly 100% of its electricity from renewable sources, including geothermal and hydropower.

What is Iceland?

200

This celebrity is proud supporter of RMI

Who is Richard Branson? 

200

This agricultural practice increases soil carbon storage and reduces erosion.

What is regenerative farming?

200

This beloved children's character speaks for the trees.

Who is The Lorax

200

This animated Pixar film features a lovable robot cleaning up Earth after humanity's departure.

What is WALL-E?

200

This region in the United States is called the "Saudi Arabia of wind" due to its vast wind energy potential.

What is the Great Plains?

300

This team works to decarbonize the largest % of the planet (by land area)

Who is Global South? 

300

These buildings generate as much energy as they consume, thanks to renewable energy and efficient design.

What are net-zero buildings?

300

This book was written about the Lovins House and explains how sunglight can keep a tropical home garden alive at over 8,000 feet

What is Bananas in Snow Country? 

300

This 2021 satirical film about a comet is an allegory for ignoring climate change warnings.

What is Don’t Look Up?

300

90% of this African country's energy is source from renewable sources

What is Kenya? 

400

In addition to its work in energy and climate solutions, RMI is known for promoting this concept, which focuses on making buildings more energy-efficient.

What is deep energy retrofitting?

400

This innovation, supported by startups like DNA Energy, enables buildings to act as flexible energy resources by combining renewables with storage and grid management.

What is a virtual power plant (VPP)?

400

This book was co-authored in by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins in 1999, setting the world on a new path

What is Natural Capitalism?

400

This person has iconically narrated the most incredible scenes of Planet Earth

Who is David Attenborough? 

400

This country produces both the most wind and hydroelectric energy in the world, with over 300 dams

What is China?

500

This team always gives 100% to their Holiday Videos

What is IT?

500

Companies developing green hydrogen focus on splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using this renewable energy-powered process.

What is electrolysis?

500

This dystopian novel exploring water scarcity in the American Southwest.

What is The Water Knife?

500

This documentary with Leonardo DiCaprio examines global climate solutions.

What is Before the Flood? 

500

This Andean country harnesses its high-altitude desert for solar power.

What is Argentina?