Exam 24: Sustainable Solutions

Read the following scenario and answer the questions below. Northeast of Australia and northwest of Fiji lies the isolated tropical island of Tikopia. Less than two square miles in length, it supports 1,200 people and has been continuously occupied for nearly 3,000 years, with the population holding steady for much of that time. It has a two-month dry season every year and lies in the Pacific's cyclone belt, which destroys homes and gardens on an unpredictable but regular basis. Tikopia is too far away from other islands to have any regular contact; the islanders must be self-sufficient. -One major problem Tikopians have faced and solved is how to ____________

An important way to alter the perception that protecting the environment is incompatible with economic progress is through ____________

Read the following scenario and answer the questions below. Northeast of Australia and northwest of Fiji lies the isolated tropical island of Tikopia. Less than two square miles in length, it supports 1,200 people and has been continuously occupied for nearly 3,000 years, with the population holding steady for much of that time. It has a two-month dry season every year and lies in the Pacific's cyclone belt, which destroys homes and gardens on an unpredictable but regular basis. Tikopia is too far away from other islands to have any regular contact; the islanders must be self-sufficient. -People live in clans on the island. Within the clan, individual families are probably encouraged to ____________ in order to ____________.

Student sustainability movements are more successful when administration is shown how a policy of sustainable practices ____________

In general, the movement toward sustainability is ____________

Reforming campus transportation is an important step toward carbon neutrality because ________________

Sustainable universities build green LEED- certified buildings that have this

Why is it imperative that humans alter their consumptive behaviors and practices to more sustainable ones?

Read the following scenario and answer the questions below. Northeast of Australia and northwest of Fiji lies the isolated tropical island of Tikopia. Less than two square miles in length, it supports 1,200 people and has been continuously occupied for nearly 3,000 years, with the population holding steady for much of that time. It has a two-month dry season every year and lies in the Pacific's cyclone belt, which destroys homes and gardens on an unpredictable but regular basis. Tikopia is too far away from other islands to have any regular contact; the islanders must be self-sufficient. -As of 2013, nearly 700 university presidents had signed a University Presidents' Commitment to ____________

Some argue that globalization will have a negative impact because ____________.

What is the typical first step toward a sustainable campus?

Colleges and universities can advocate for sustainability with a focus on local biodiversity by ____________

The term sustainability refers to ____________

Which of the following has been most negatively impacted by globalization?

Read the following scenario and answer the questions below. Northeast of Australia and northwest of Fiji lies the isolated tropical island of Tikopia. Less than two square miles in length, it supports 1,200 people and has been continuously occupied for nearly 3,000 years, with the population holding steady for much of that time. It has a two-month dry season every year and lies in the Pacific's cyclone belt, which destroys homes and gardens on an unpredictable but regular basis. Tikopia is too far away from other islands to have any regular contact; the islanders must be self-sufficient. -There are food taboos on Tikopia. In order to catch and eat fish, a citizen must obtain permission from a clan chief. The purpose of this taboo is that it ____________

Sustainable development involves ____________

Our global society has a greater potential to address concerns of sustainability today compared to previous societies because ____________

To encourage corporations to adopt green technologies in a capitalist economy, citizens can ____________.

Read the following scenario and answer the questions below. Northeast of Australia and northwest of Fiji lies the isolated tropical island of Tikopia. Less than two square miles in length, it supports 1,200 people and has been continuously occupied for nearly 3,000 years, with the population holding steady for much of that time. It has a two-month dry season every year and lies in the Pacific's cyclone belt, which destroys homes and gardens on an unpredictable but regular basis. Tikopia is too far away from other islands to have any regular contact; the islanders must be self-sufficient. -Archaeological evidence shows that, in a manner similar to Easter Island, the first settlers cleared forests by burning them and feasted on the birds, fish, turtles, and bats. The archaeological middens (trash piles)show that they extirpated numerous species of plants, birds, and bats, that the fish and shellfish numbers declined dramatically, and that the average sizes of these organisms was drastically reduced. By the end of the first thousand years of residency, the initial food resources were gone and Tikopians began to raise pigs as a major protein source. Suddenly, about 500 years later, the people killed every pig on the island. This is most likely because ____________

Why is the movement to become a sustainable institution, as demonstrated by De Anza College and other colleges and universities, so successful? How might the successes at these institutes of higher education translate to society as a whole?