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Name two alternative transportation approaches that can be improved to reduce motor vehicle use:

  • Public transportation

  • Bike use

  • Ride shares

  • Carpooling

  • Walkability

100

What are some sustainability strategies for housing?

  • Decent housing

  • Well-located housing

  • Environmentally responsible housing

  • Affordable housing

  • Diverse housing

  • Dealing with homelessness

100

Name three types of inequality

  • Geographic

  • Economic

  • Race/ethnic

  • Gender

  • Age

  • Sexual Orientation

100

Name 3 impacts of climate change

  • Change in precipitation

  • Sea level rise

  • Pest migrating

  • Increased fire risk

  • Unpredictable weather patterns

  • More severe storms

  • Melting of polar ice

  • Hotter global temperatures 

100

Describes rise of food movement. “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

Michael Pollan

200

Name two land use approaches to reducing motor vehicle use:

  • Transit oriented development

  • improved street connectivity

  • bike and walking friendly designs

  • mixed use and appropriate density development 

200

By planning with these two key factors in mind you create active, economically viable communities.

Pedestrians and transit
200

What are the two approaches to climate change planning?

mitigation and adaptation

200

Name 2 sustainable alternatives to current food systems?

  • Organics

  • Local production

  • Urban ag

  • Permaculture

  • Farmscaping

200

Promotes “biophilic cities” & writes about European sustainable cities

Timothy Beatley

300

This electric car company received a 1.3 billion dollar tax break to build a battery plant in what US city?

Tesla and Reno

300

How can land be used more sustainably?

  • Infill development

  • Smart growth

  • Restore damaged landscapes

  • Protect unbuilt land

300

What does it mean to consider social equity within our decision-making?

  • Consider the effects of any action on human communities and existing disparities

  • We may be required by law to consult with many stakeholders & identify inequitable impacts

  • Proactively take steps to address inequities in society

  • (⅔ for the win) 

300

Name 2 challenges to implementing Green Rating Systems 

  • Higher cost

  • Not required in codes

  • More materials

  • Doesn’t emphasize design

  • technocratic

  • Legalistic 

300

Pioneered ecocentric philosophy with his “land ethic”

Aldo Leopold

400

What is the purpose of traffic calming?

  • Reduce traffic speeds

  • Reduce traffic volume

400

Why are the streets in Village Homes narrower than the normal ones?

  • Slow down the traffic

  • Minimize pavement use

  • Sense of community

  • Lower temperature 

400

What is Environmental Justice (EJ)?

  • Communities of color and low-income communities are disproportionately affected by environmental risks

  • Mainstream environmentalism has been too white, upper-middle-class, and corporate

  • A grassroots approach to environmental activism is necessary

  • (⅔ for the win) 

400

Name four Green Rating Systems.

  • LEED

  • The Living Building Challenge 

  • Living Communities Challenge

  • BREEAM

  • Green Globes

  • Green Star

  • ISO 14001

  • Sustainable forestry systems

  • etc.

400

Lead author of Limits to Growth that called for sust. dev. in 1972

Donella Meadows

500

What are four categories of actions to reduce motor vehicle use?

  • Land use and urban design changes

  • Improved alternative transportation alternatives- walking, biking, ride share, public transit

  • Economic and informal incentives- tolls, fees, subsidize alternatives

  • Behavior change/live locally- live close to work and shopping.

  • (¾ for the win)

500

What is passive solar design? And what are some common strategies of this kind of design?

  • Designs that help store, collect, reflect, and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter and reject solar heat in the summer.

  • Strategies: long sides with windows face N and S; fewer windows on the E and W; overhangs; vegetated balconies/porches/trellises

500

Why is inequality bad for sustainability?

  • Inequality often leads directly to environmental damage 

  • An unequal society is less able to thrive and respond to challenges

  • Exploitation of other people tends to be linked to exploitation of the environment

  • (⅔ for the win)

500

Name 4 green building strategies

  • Passive solar

  • Geothermal heat pumps

  • Daylighting

  • Green roofs

  • Greywater

  • Storm runoff

  • Green certification

  • Sustainable materials

  • Active energy production

  • Energy efficiency

500

Leading climate activist calls for holding GHG levels <350 ppm

Bill McKibben