Systems Thinking
The capacity to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
What is sustainability?
The process of using fish waste to grow plants in water
What is aquaponics?
This country's waste system involves burning trash and filtering the smoke to create energy, which is turned into electricity. The ash resulting is used as a building material for the likes of walkways.
What is Singapore?
The acronym is MPA
What is a marine protected area?
The tanks for storing water (located under many Island School buildings)
What is a cistern?
The three pillars of sustainability
What are social, economic, and environmental?
Out of the local food items that the Island School purchases, this is the food we spend the most money on (40%)
What are eggs?
A collection of marine debris, primarily plastic, concentrated in the North Pacific Ocean
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
The three biggest fisheries in the Bahamas
What are 1) spiny lobster 2) queen conch 3) Nassau grouper?
The amount of money the Bahamas spends on importing foods
What is 1 billion dollars?
The process where a change in a system leads to further changes in the same direction, amplifying the initial change
What is a positive/reinforcing feedback loop?
This percent represents the amount of food supply that is imported to the Bahamas with the main beneficiary being the United States
What is 90%
What is 1, 2, and 5?
The process by which conch mate/reproduce; this is the reason they are endangered
Density-dependent reproduction
Fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
This is the part of the body that all three sustainable sisters broke
What is the wrist?
This self-sustaining design system mimics natural ecosystems (often used to grow food)
What is permaculture
The increase in concentration of a substance (eg: microplastics) as you move up the food chain
What is biomagnification?
This ocean creature has no front claws, relying on strong legs and antennae for defense and foraging
What is spiny lobster?
In this year, the Bahamas gained independence from the British
When is 1973?