Environment
This gas makes up most of the Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
The international climate agreement signed in 2016
What is The Paris Accords?
The three types of trash bins in the dining halls around campus
What is compost, recycling, and trash?
The Three R's of sustainability
What is Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle?
The year GreenHouse was founded
What is 2014?
A pile of garbag floating in the Pacific Ocean
What is Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
The international climate conference held annually by the UN
What is COP (Conference of the Parties)?
The percent of water on Earth that is available for human use
What is 1%
The most common recyclable material in the world
What is steel?
An office GreenHouse partners with for various initiatives
This layer of the atmosphere protects us from UV radiation.
What is the ozone layer?
This type of tax charges companies based on the amount of CO₂ they emit.
What is a carbon tax?
This term describes food grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers.
What is organic?
This framework helps companies track their environmental, social, and governance performance.
What is ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)?
Activities GreenHouse is hoping to put on this semester
What is Mock COP, case competition, field trips?
This forest is often called the "lungs of the Earth"
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
These 17 global goals, adopted in 2015, include climate action, clean water, and responsible consumption.
What are the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
Switching to a plant-based diet can reduce your diet by this much
What is 20-30%
The time it takes for a plastic water bottle to decompose
What is 450 Years?
The GreenHouse faculty advisor
What/who is Mark Swislocki?
The transfer of CO2 emissions from regulated countries to less regulated countries
What is carbon leakage?
This system allows countries or companies to buy and sell permits to emit greenhouse gases.
What is carbon trading system?
This greenhouse gas, produced by cows, is a major contributor to climate change
What is methane?
A month long event to promote reducing waste
What is No Waste November?
The GreenHouse mission and purpose
What is perform research, policy, and advocacy concerning topics related to climate change?