Sustainability at OSU
This organization on campus manages the waste system to reduce, reuse, and recycle?
What is Campus Recycling?
You bring this item to a coffee shop or grocery store to reduce single-use plastic and paper waste
What is a reusable bag/cup/container?
This effect describes how gases trap heat in Earth's atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This term describes the unequal exposure of low-income communities and communities of color to pollution and environmental hazards.
What is environmental racism?
This type of recycling is located outside each dorm
Where is the cardboard recycling?
This common recycling mistake happens when people put items like greasy pizza boxes in the recycling bin.
What is contamination?
Scientists measure the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere using this unit, and it has climbed past 420 in recent years.
What is parts per million (ppm)?
This term refers to an area with limited access to affordable, healthy food.
What is a food desert?
The Sustainability Office is located in this building on campus
Where is Western Building?
This outdoor container collects rainwater from a roof so it can be used later to water gardens and plants.
What is a rain barrel?
This frozen ground in the Arctic stores huge amounts of carbon and methane and it releases them as it thaws.
What is permafrost?
This global agreement, adopted in 2015, set a goal to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C from pre-industrial levels.
What is the Paris Agreement?