Environmentalists
USC Sustainability
Four Letter Words
Alliterations
Seventh College
100

Father of the National Parks

Who is John Muir?

100

Largest sustainability organization on campus

What is Sustainable Carolina?

100

Your carbon _ _ _ _ print is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated by your actions.

What is Foot?

100

Clothing designs that move quickly from the catwalk to stores to take advantage of trends

What is Fast Fashion?

100

Seventh College’s writing program

What is Synthesis?

200

Youth activist, Known for her School Strike on Climate

Who is Greta Thunberg?

200

All new and renovated buildings pursue, at a minimum, LEED _____ certification.

What is Silver?

200

This kind of rain is a consequence of anthropogenic air pollution.

What is Acid?

200

The most common alliteration of sustainability, having to do with waste management

What is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle?

200

Seventh College’s “Theme”

What is "A Changing Planet?"

300

Democrat from New York, Sponsored the Green New Deal

Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

300

The Sustainable Carolina team has completed _____ volunteer hours over the 2023-2024 academic year.

a) 5,236

b) 4,892

c) 6,124

d) 5,748

What is d) 5748 hours?

300

_ _ _ _waste is a system-wide approach that seeks to maximize recycling, minimize waste, reduce consumption, and ensure that products are designed to be reused, repaired, or recycled back into the environment or marketplace.

What is Zero?

300

These absorb and reflect heat radiated by Earth, preventing it from escaping into space

What are Greenhouse Gases?

300

Seventh College Student Council’s Sustainability Advocate

Who is Piolo?

400

Former President of the US, Established the US Forest Service

Who is Theodore Roosevelt?

400

This campus restaurant is the only chain of its kind in the world to have obtained a Level 1 certification with the Green Restaurant Association.

What is Chick-fil-A?

400

Meat with the highest carbon footprint.

What is Lamb?

400

Turtle hatchlings have been affected by changing sand temperatures. This is a result of

What is Climate Change?

400

You can enjoy tea with _ every Monday above Seventh Market.

Who is Provost Antonovics?

500

Biologist, Author of influential book "Silent Spring"

Who is Rachel Carson?

500

Name three buildings on campus that are LEED certified.

What are:

LEED Platinum

  • Darla Moore School of Business 

LEED Gold

  • Athletics Coaches Support Building
  • Center for Health and Well-Being
  • Hamilton College
  • Honors College Residence Hall
  • Hollings Library Addition
  • Patterson Hall
  • School of Journalism
  • Spigner House Renovations

LEED Silver

  • Green Quad Residence Hall
  • Indoor Practice Facility
  • Rutledge College
  • School of Public Health


500

A phantom _ _ _ _ describes an appliance or electronic that uses electricity even when switched off.

What is Load?

500

Ironically, this celebrity is a sustainability ambassador for the fast fashion brand “Boohoo”:

Who is Kourtney Kardashian?

500

Seventh College was called this before it was established as a college in 2019.

What is The Village at Torrey Pines?