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Geneseo- Specific
Charity: Water
Water and your Diet
True or False
Shower Facts
100
What's a club you can join to talk about the environment here at Geneseo?
What is GEO! They meet Mondays 7-8pm in Bailey 202.
100
What is charity: water?
What is an organization that funds water programs in 24 countries around the globe, in Africa, Asia, Central and South America.
100
Is dishwashing a large percentage of your carbon footprint?
What is not really, it's about 2%.
100
Diseases from dirty water kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.
What is TRUE.
100
What's more efficient to save water, a shower or a bath?
What is a shower. It takes about 70 gallons of water to fill a bathtub!
200
What building is EcoHouse on campus this year? What about last year?
What is Monroe Hall this year, Putnam Hall in the past!
200
What percentage of donations go to funding water projects?
What is 100%! Charity: Water has private donors that cover the operating costs, so all the proceeds to go towards projects.
200
How many gallons of water does it take to make a cup of coffee?
What is 55 gallons, including the water needed to grow the coffee beans.
200
In Africa, woman spend 10 million hours a year walking for water.
What is FALSE. They spend 40 billion hours a year walking for water.
200
How many gallons of water are used in a 5 minute shower?
What is 25 to 50 gallons of water. Also, the average shower length is 15-20 minutes!
300
What traditional event has EcoHouse ran for the past few years about water conservation?
What is Walk for Water! This year, Walk for Water is on October 29th at 1pm.
300
The amount of people that live in the world without clean water.
What is 663 million, according to Charity: Water. That's twice the population of the United States.
300
How many gallons of water does it take to produce the average American diet each day?
What is about 1,000 gallons per person per day.
300
Men collect majority of the water for their families.
What is FALSE. Woman are responsible for 72% of the water collected in Sub-Saharan Africa.
300
The year that federally mandated low-flow shower heads, faucets, and toilets.
What is 1994.
400
When was the Office of Sustainability established, and who runs it now?
What is Fall of 2014, and Dan DeZarn.
400
The amount of projects that has been funded by Charity: Water in this amount of countries.
What is 20,062 projects in 24 countries.
400
How many gallons of water does it take to produce a serving of poultry?
What is about 90 gallons.
400
A cross- country airplane trip (~6,000 miles) could be worth more than 1,700 toilet flushes.
What is TRUE.
400
What percentage of your water footprint is lost to leaks?
What is 10 gallons a day, or 14%.
500
How many EcoHouse sustainability events can you name??
Wednesday October 12th: EcoHouse Fellows Meet and Greet @ 2:30pm Thursday October 13th: “What is Fair Trade?” @ 7:00pm Tuesday October 18th: Geneseo Organizations Expo @ 6:00pm Thursday October 20th: Roger and Me Documentary @ 7:00pm Monday October 24th: Genesee Valley Cooperative Info Session @ 7:00pm Saturday October 29th: Walk for Water @ 1:00 pm (College Union Patio)
500
What year was Charity: Water founded?
What is 2006, in Manhattan.
500
How many showers is one quarter pound burger equivalent to (in regards to water usage)?
What is over 30!
500
Recycling a pound of paper can save 1 gallon of water.
What is FALSE! It can save about 3.5 gallons of water!