Sustainability : Living
What type of supermarket bag is more eco-friendly, paper or plastic?
a. Paper
b. Plastic
c. Neither
c. Neither, they're both not as sustainable as reusable bags
What country recycles the most?
a. Canada
b. Germany
c. Sweden
d. Norway
b. Germany
Which food products are most likely to be thrown away?
a. Fish & Seafood
b. Eggs & Dairy
c. Fruits & Vegetables
d. Meat & Poultry
c. Fruits & Vegetables
Instead of flying, how did Greta Thunberg get to the Climate Action Summit in New York?
a. Yacht
b. She didn't go, but Zoomed in
c. Train
d. Airplane
a. Yacht
Which car maker is supplying the Tokyo Olympics with a fleet of electric cars?
a. Honda
b. Toyota
c. Mitsubishi
d. VW
b. Toyota
What everyday activity can generate as much carbon dioxide as charging a smartphone 120 times, especially when done for over 10 minutes.
a. Brushing your teeth with an electric toothbrush
b. Taking a phone call with someone overseas
c. Sending an email with a large attachment
d. Leaving your charging box in the charging port when nothing is being charged
Sending an email with a large attachment
What country produces the most garbage per capita?
a. China
b. America
c. India
d. United Kingdom
b. America
According to Nature, how much less meat should the average global citizen eat to feed the growing population sustainably?
A. 90% less beef & 75% less pork
B. 50% less beef & 80% less pork
C. 75% less beef & 90% less pork
D. 80% less beef & 50% less pork
C. 75% less beef & 90% less pork
What is the current, most widely accepted definition of Sustainable Development?
a. "SD is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs"
b. "Through SD, countries will follow specific economic and social guidelines, ensuring the needs of all cultures are met while having a decreasing impact on the environment"
c. "SD will achieve a balance between the needs of the environment and the social, cultural, and economic needs of the people"
d. "SD will see a socially equitable and resource efficient world rise up from the ashes of our past mistakes"
a. "SD is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs"
How long does it take a plastic bottle to decompose?
a. about 50 years
b. about 200 years
c. about 450 years
d. about 750 years
c. about 450 years
Appliances that are turned off don't use any electricity.
True or False
False
Which European country gets the most of its electricity from renewable sources?
a. Norway
b. Sweden
c. Germany
d. Denmark
a. Norway (98% from Hydropower)
Which company has banned employees from meals containing meat at events in a bid to save the environment?
a. WeWork
b. Microsoft
c. Boeing
d. Shell
a. WeWork
Climate Change is another frequently used term in today's media. Who said that climate change is "probably, long-term the single most important issue we face as a global community"?
a. Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the EU Commission
b. Justin Trudeua, Canadian Prime Minister
c. Tony Blair, UK Prime Minister
d. Joe Biden, President of the USA
c. Tony Blair, UK Prime Minister
How much water is needed to produce one cotton t-shirt?
a. about 50 gallons
b. about 400 gallons
c. about 2,700 gallons
d. about 3,200 gallons
c. about 2,700 gallons
Approximately how much global electricity output is produced from renewable sources?
a. 1%
b. 5%
c. 10%
d. 20%
c. 10%
How much of the world's carbon Emissions are from the following countries: The United States, the European Union (EU), China, Russia, Japan, India, and Canada
a. 50%
b. 70%
c. 80%
d. 90%
b. 70%
Which of the following should you choose in restaurants or at the fish counter when considering seafood safety and sustainability?
a. Farmed Salmon
b. Orange Roughy
c. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
d. Alaska Wild Salmon
d. Alaska Wild Salmon
The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (aka Kyoto Agreement) was opened for signature in 1997. Which aspect of the environment does it focus upon?
a. Sewage emissions into waterways
b. Greenhouse gas emissions into the air
c. Oil spills in oceans
d. Pesticide seepage into the ground
b. Greenhouse gas emissions into the air
Shell's achievement of 18% carbon footprint reduction has a CO2 equivalent of X amount of trees would have absorbed. What number is X?
a. 8,000
b. 80,000
c. 800,000 trees
d. 8,000,000 trees
d. 8,000,000 trees
About how much money do you save by replacing a single incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light (CFL)?
a. $5
b. $10
c. $1
d. $30
d. $30
What city has the worst air quality
a. Kanpur, India
b. Baoding, China
c. Bamenda, Cameroon
d. Peshawar, Pakistan
a. Kanpur, India
What percentage of food in the US is wasted?
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 60%
d. 80%
b. 40%
Agenda 21 was and still is (debatably) important to the environmental movement. What is/was it?
a. group of 21 countries (including the Norway, UK and Sweden) who committed to an environmental clean-up
b. A proposal of environmental action to be taken globally, nationally and locally
c. 21 proposals concerning environmental practices to be enforced in all countries
d.An agenda discussing the state of the environment, listing all issues surrounding air, land and sea pollution
b. A proposal of environmental action to be taken globally, nationally and locally
Which of these produces the most of earths oxygen?
a. Trees and Shrubs
b. Cyanobacteria
c. UV radiation breakdown of water molecules
d. Phytoplankton
d. Phytoplankton