Household Impact
What are the three "R's" to conserve natural resources and landfill space?
What are Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
True or false: Trees filter pollutants from the air, including dust, ozone, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide
True
What are Nature's Best Composters
What are Worms
sustainable travel, ecotourism, conscious travel
What natural wonder in Arizona can be seen from space?
What is the Grand Canyon
True or false: when you flush the toilet, you use as much water as the average person in a developing country uses in a day
True
Studies show that time in nature correlates a drop in what in humans?
What is anxiety and depression
More than half of greenhouse gas emissions from landfills come from what?
What is wasted food
What is the most efficient mode of travel possible for people: riding a bike, walking, driving a car, or flying?
What is riding a bike
What is the hottest city in Arizona?
What is Lake Havasu City
Replacing appliances with Energy Star rated appliances, replace incandescent bulbs with LEDS, opting for smart thermostats, using reusable water bottles
Trees store and filter more than half of what supply in the United States?
What is water
Name an economic benefit to community composting
Jobs, business innovation, farm prosperity, dollars stay local
What time of day is the best time to fill your gas tank?
What is nighttime
What is Arizona's top energy source?
What is natural gas
How many pounds of CO2 does recycling save annually? 600lbs, 1667lbs, or 52lbs?
1667lbs
Name a type of tree that can be used for urban tree canopies
Oak, maple, sycamore, birch
True or false: composting generates heat
True: the microorganisms that break down organic matter release heat, which can sometimes reach 160 degrees Fahrenheit
Which of the following is not a way to travel sustainably: Use eco-transport, pick local community-run hotels, book flights with layovers, eating local foods
Book flights with layovers - flying non-stop can save at least one extra takeoff and landing, which is responsible for half of the carbon emissions during a single flight
Arizona is home to the Sonoran Desert - the only place where what plant naturally grows?
What is the Saguaro cactus
Which activity produces more CO2 annually - scrolling Instagram for 30 minutes every day or streaming Netflix for an hour every day?
Scrolling Instagram - this activity produces 33945g of CO2 vs streaming Netflix at 13140g.
Three trees strategically places around a single-family home can reduce summer air conditioning costs by up to what percent?
What is 50%
What are the 4 ingredients needed for composting?
What are carbon-rich materials, nitrogen-rich materials, water, and air
What is the average CO2 emissions of a typical passenger vehicle?
What is 4.6 tons of CO2
What are Arizona's 5 C's?
What are Copper, Citrus, Cattle, Cotton, and Climate