It takes over 2500 gallons of water to produce just one pound of this food found in many of America's restaurants.
What is Beef?
300
In 2006 this Michigan school district redesigned its new high school plan to protect an abundance of herpetofauna.
What is Ann Arbor?
300
We would need ___ planets to supply adequate natural resources if everyone on earth lived like the average American.
What is 6?
Fun Fact: In 2050 We would need 30 Planets
400
An average SUV driver spends this much on fuel each year.
What is $1500 on Gas?
Fun Fact: Hybrid owners average $490 in the same year!
400
This one, simple act in the US uses as much water as 1 person in a developing country uses in an entire day.
What is Flushing the toilet?
400
In 2009, this Michigan Businessman pitched his idea to develop the world's largest urban farm.
Who is John Hantz?
400
Seventy -one percent of all petroleum used in the US goes to this sector.
What is Transportation?
400
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment refers to natural systems as humanity's "life-support system", providing essential "ecosystem services" which include: water, _________ carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus.
What is oxygen?
500
Public Transit is most environmentally sound and economically feasible when aligned with these 2 elements.
What are 2 of the following : Density, Proximity, Transit Station, Land Use Patterns, Pedestrian Frequency Design?
500
On April 16th, an avalanche shut down this cold, capital’s low cost power supply, increasing energy cost by 5 times the national average. Thus began more than 3 months of “Turn off, turn down, unplug.”
What is Juneau, Alaska?
500
In 2012, single stream recycling became a reality at University of Michigan-Dearborn and recycles this percentage of the total campus waste stream.
What is 53%?
500
The Department of Energy reported that ___ % of our energy use is for residential buildings
What is 21%?
Fun Fact: Roughly 39% of total US energy was used in buildings, 21% in residential buildings
500
This is known as the depletion of a shared resource by individuals, acting independently and rationally according to each one's self-interest, despite their understanding that depleting the common resource is contrary to their long-term best interests.