Earth Facts
This human activity is the largest contributor to global methane emissions.
What is agriculture (especially livestock);
This fabric has a higher water footprint but lower carbon emissions compared to polyester.
What is cotton?
Cotton uses about 2,700 liters of water per t-shirt, much more than polyester, but cotton has lower carbon emissions during production
I look like “eco paper,” but I’m coated with plastic, making me nearly impossible to recycle. You might sip from me every morning.
What is a disposable coffee cup?
I live in the ocean and can change my body color not just to hide, but to signal my mood to others. What am I?
What is an octopus?
This invisible gas makes up most of the air around us, about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
How many million tons of extra food (uneaten or unsold) does Massachusetts produce on average per year?
What is 750,000 tons?
I look like progress when the economy does well, but I don’t count well-being, clean air, or community health. What am I?
What is GDP?
I am losing my symbiotic algae and dying at a rapid rate due to human driven factors. HINT: The largest piece of me is in Australia.
What is coral bleaching?
This gas affects marine organisms like shellfish and corals in this way.
What is CO2?
It lowers seawater pH, reducing calcium carbonate availability needed for shell and skeleton formation
Every year, I am mined in large quantities to be used to make phones. I am used in their circuit boards and solders.
What is lead?
I'm a material that looks simple and natural, but growing me at scale takes more water than most crops — about 20,000 liters per kilogram. What am I?
What is cotton?
I'm a bird with memory is so deep that I can remember a face for years, and even warn others of someone untrustworthy. What am I?
What is a crow?
Every year, humans toss out an enormous amount of garbage. Around the whole world, it adds up to this many billion metric tons of trash.
What is 2 billion tons?
It contributes by consuming electricity even when devices are off, adding to CO2 emissions; unplugging electronics or using smart power strips can reduce this footprint?
What is phantom load or standby power?
I help keep secrets on holidays, but my single-use creates over 5 million tons of trash every year in the U.S. alone.
What is gift wrap?
I can warn my ecosystem of danger by releasing scents into the air, even though I don't have a mouth. What am I?
What are trees? (Trees can detect scents from their leaves)
How can we make public transportation cooler?
Sample: Host community events where community members can come together and paint buses, making them an art project for citizens to ride.
At public events such as, concerts, festivals, sports games, etc. How can we reduce single-use plastics?
Sample: Discontinue or increase the price of plastic cups, but offer a rentable reusable cup which they can return at the end of the event and get their money back.
How can we make local travel cooler? (Staycation)
Sample:
How do we increase the practice of donating clothes?
or
How do we increase the practice of buying used clothes?
Sample: Create used clothes design contest