Over 80% (some polls indicate as high as 95%) of Canadians want this type of food to legally have to be labeled.
What is GMO. (genetically modified organism)
100
The amount of discount a VSB employee can receive on the annual cost of a buss pass through the employee buss pass program.
What is 15%
100
The percent of the VSB's waste that is organic compostable.
What is about 50%.
100
The amount of global temperature increase that scientists say we must not go above in order to avoid run away climate change.
What is 2 degrees celsius.
100
Botteled water is regulated as this.
What is a food product by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
200
These types of gardens provided up to 50% of the fresh vegetables consumed by Vancouverites during WWII.
What is a Victory Garden.
200
The VSB staff person responsible for coordinating the VSB employee bus pass program.
Who is Eva Mathieson
200
In the 2009-2010 school year, the district - all schools included - consumed this amount of paper.
What is about 80,000,000 sheets of paper.
200
If you program your thermostat to set back the temperature by five degrees for eight hours of every night, you will save approximately this amount on your heating bill.
What is 10%.
200
According to the Polaris Institute, water bottling plants are inspected, on average, how often.
What is once every three years.
300
This consists of a community of people who pledge support to a farming operation where the growers and consumers share the risks and benefits of food production.
What is CSA - (Community Supported Agriculture)
300
This is the number of new bike racks installed across the district in the last year.
What is 50.
300
OECD countries that have lowest of this, also have the highest levels of recycling.
What is economic inequality.
300
This framework, developed at UBC, measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resource it consumes and to absorb its wastes, using prevailing technology.
What is the 'Ecological Footprint'
300
This is the average daily water use per person in Canada.
What is 350 litres/day.
400
This 5 year project between the VSB & UBC is focused on food gardens, curriculum connections, student and teacher training, procurement policies and food to farm connections.
What is TEGS (Think&EatGreen@School)
400
This local organization provides, education, bike safety training and coordinates bicycle related events in the lower mainland.
What is VACC. (the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition)
400
For every one of these, 100 have been produced, but not seen, by the end user.
What is a bag of garbage.
400
Scientists say that this is the amount of parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere that is a safe limit for humanity and which we must strive to return to.
What is 350. (Currently at 388.15)
400
The amount of embodied water in one cup of coffee. That is, all of the water used in the growing, production and preparation of that cup of coffee.
What is 150 litres.
500
This happens when all people have access to enough food that is affordable, safe and healthy, culturally acceptable
and produced in ways that are environmentally sound and socially just.
What is Food Security. (Food Sovereignty)
500
This free service can help VSB staff find a ride to work.
What is the VSB ride-share website.
500
Metro's Vancouver waste diversion target, is what percentage of waste by 2015?
What is 70%. (Currently at 55%)
500
The number of VSB schools that have had some type of solar panel system installed.
What is 6.
500
These two standard household appliances use the most and the least amount of water in your home.
What is the toilet at 30% and the dishwasher at 2%. (Washing machines use 24%)