NREM 460
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." This famous quote belongs to
Aldo Leopold
According to Islam et al. (2016), the green revolution:
All of the above.
According to the Bob-White site, a single, four cow micro-dairy:
All of the above.
According to the review by the Triodos Bank in 2011, which major corporation(s) have strict policies against buying conflict minerals?
All of the above.
Environmental gentrification of a neighborhood, as described by Checker (2015) , may include:
All of the above.
George Bush's administration
All of the above.
Gleaning, as described by White (2015)
All of the above.
Granite quarries in India that utilize slave labor _______________.
All of the above.
Many miners at Bisie mine in the Congo
All of the above.
Sustainability policies introduced by the city of Stockholm included:
All of the above.
The MoGro project was created by:
All of the above.
The benefits of using "night soil" as compost include:
All of the above.
The estimated 300 million tons of depleted uranium used by the US military in the first Gulf War:
All of the above.
The study of the Congolese population conducted by a Harvard team in 2010 showed that ____________.
All of the above.
Which of the following is TRUE about Staten Island's North Shore?
All of the above.
The blue revolution refers to:
An increase in global aquatic production.
Which of the following is NOT true regarding national trends in brownfield remediation (as described by Checker, 2015)?
Brownfield programs emphasize public participation.
World's largest solar thermal power station was built in
California
The plan to reduce citizens' meat consumption was introduced by the government in
China
The Shrimp Seal of Quality certifier ensures food quality and safety, but fails to address the environmental sustainability of shrimp production.
False
The US-based Cabot corporation and German-based H.C. Starck have no policies against buying coltan and other conflict minerals from Congo.
False
The cap-and-trade bill passed in 2009 proved to be instrumental in reducing CO2 emissions.
False
The food that MoGro provides is too expensive for most Native American households to afford.
False
The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo did not sign any international treaties against slavery.
False
The production of beef has a lower environmental impact compared to the production of chicken and pork.
False
The size of financial dividends paid to members by co-operatives is based on their percentage of investment in the business.
False
Urban Gardening Club in St. Petersburg, Russia, is heavily subsidized by the Russian government.
False
The first agrivoltaic farm in the world was built in:
France
Peonage slavery existed in the American Deep South
From the 1870s until the Second World War.
DonorsTrust
Funded the climate change countermovement.
Aquaponics refers to a system of:
Growing fish and plants together.
Which of the following is NOT true about James Hansen's testimony before a senate committee?
Hansen's testimony took place in 2009.
According to Jevon's Paradox, efficiency improvements lead to:
Higher incomes and increased consumption.
According to the Dupraz study (2011), the crops raised under a full-density array of PVP's:
Lost ~50% of their productivity compared to the crops raised in full sun.
A substantial amount of methane is produced by leftover food from landfills.
True
A theory of natural resource justice argues that there should be globally fair distribution of benefits flowing from natural resources.
True
According to "The Urban Green" (WWF, 2016), California mandated that 10% of the vehicles sold in California have to be electric vehicles.
True
According to CCTV news, the Indian government approved crop insurance plan for the farmers.
True
According to CCTV, 300 000 farmers committed suicide in India over the past twenty years.
True
According to Michael Bloomberg, big push for environmental reforms is coming from the cities, not from federal or state governments.
True
According to the European Commission report, the city of Stockholm plans to become fully independent from fossil fuels by 2050.
True
According to the World Bank, textile manufacturing is the second largest source of freshwater pollution in the world (principally from the dyeing of fabrics).
True
According to the video "The City of Stockholm - The Sustainable City", some of the areas of Stockholm have underground waste collection system.
True
An Academy Award-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, helped raise public concern about global warming.
True
Biochar is stable and resistant to decay.
True
Commercial shrimp production in Bangladesh leads to the salinization of fresh water sources and the soil.
True
Currently, all trains and intercity buses in Stockholm run on renewable fuels.
True
Eagle Street Farm and the Brooklyn Grange Farm are for-profit organizations in New York City.
True
German government plans to phase-out nuclear power plants.
True
If slavery were an American state, it would be the world's third-largest producer of CO2.
True
If, as a result of climate change, sea level increases by three feet, the Sundarban islands will be completely inundated.
True
In 1998, the American Petroleum Institute developed a secret plan to spend $2 million to confuse the public about the growing scientific consensus on climate change.
True
In 2004, the government of Rwanda passed a law banning the production of charcoal anywhere in the country.
True
In the last 20 years, more than 130 park rangers have been killed in Virunga National Park.
True
Later on in his career, Frank Luntz publicly admitted that global warming was a real peril.
True
Michael Mann is a leading figure in climate change research and the author of the iconic hockey stick graph.
True
New York City became the first municipality in the nation to fund its own brownfield program.
True
Often, companies transfer pollution-intensive production and technologies, that are outdated and illegal in their home countries, to China.
True
Sierra Club, Greenpeace and other leading environmental organizations adopted the principles of environmental justice.
True
Swedish Environmental Objectives aim to solve major environmental problems in Sweden without increasing environmental and health problems outside Sweden's borders.
True
The European Union banned the use of neonicotinoids.
True
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was the first international summit of climate scientists.
True
The Sundarban Islands are under government protection as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
True
The Sundarban forest is the largest carbon sink in Southeast Asia.
True
The electronics industry uses large amounts of industrial solvents and poses an enormous threat to surface and ground water.
True
The environmental justice movement in the US was quite successful and led to a number of legislative changes.
True
Trading houses and exporters (known as comptoirs) convert tainted minerals into "lawful goods" and introduce them into the market.
True
Wild plants tend to be higher in phytonutrients than man-made varieties.
True
~99% of wool produced in California is shipped out of state (mostly to China).
True
Which of the following is TRUE about the Portland Fruit Tree Project?
Volunteers get to keep 50% of what they pick.
Which of the following does NOT represent a "high value" food?
Wheat
As reported by Isenhour (2015), the Swedish list of "sustainable actions" does NOT include:
Work more hours.
According to Kevin Bales' interview with Amrita, which of the following is NOT true of the conditions at the shrimp processing factories in Bangladesh?
Workers cannot leave the factory.
Which of the following is TRUE about environmental justice movement?
addresses the concerns of poor and ethic communities
According to "Global Slavery Index", slavery includes
all of the above
According to British researchers Wilkinson and Pickett (2009), which of the following environmental and social problems are likely to be worse in less equal societies?
all of the above
According to National Geographic, rooftop farms
all of the above
Based on PBS report "What leaving the Paris Accord could mean for US and the world", which major corporations argue that we should stay in the Paris Accord?
all of the above
The operational principles of sustainable ethics include
all of the above
Recently, the Chinese government introduced more than a hundred environmental regulations that are regularly enforced by local authorities.
False
Since the 1990s, aquaculture production in Asian countries has decreased ~20%
False
The Coalition of Environmental NGOs was very effective in solving the problem of air and water pollution in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
False
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) impeded the development of the maquiladora program in Mexico.
False
About 90% of shrimp consumed by Americans come from ______________.
Southeast Asia
Every mountain gorilla can potentially bring approximately per year to the Congolese economy through tourism.
$25,000
According to Kevin Bales (2016), per capita income in the Congo is
$280 per year
In order to avoid "dangerous climate change", CO2 emissions per person should be reduced to:
1.2-2 tons per person per year
According to OECD, ____________ of the world's farmlands are strongly degraded.
1/3
According to Kevin Bales, the supply chain from the Bisie mine to your cell phone has around
11 steps.
The Brundtland Report was published in
1987
The Paris Agreement aims to keep the warming of the planet below
2 degrees Celsius
According to White (2015), % of all food served in America goes uneaten, and winds up in a landfill.
20-40%
By 2020, the French government plans to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by
25%
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg advanced an agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by % below 2005 levels by 2030.
30%
According to Kevin Bales (2016), there are an estimated slaves in the world today.
35.8 million
According to Thiele (2013), the richest 1% of the world's population owns over ___________ of global assets.
40%
According to the UN report of 2012, more than % of the world's population live in urban areas.
50%
According to the video "The Fair Trade Story", small-scale farmers grow _____ of the world's food.
70%
When Obama took office in 2009, the US derived over of its total energy from oil, gas, and coal.
85%
Landrace refers to:
A locally adapted variety of a crop.
Oligarchy can be defined as
A small, privileged group that rules over the majority.
Americans for Prosperity
Advocated against the cap-and-trade bill.
According to Agyeman (2013), conventional economic growth increases the quality of life for everyone and therefore, delivers just sustainabilities.
False
According to Andrew Dobson (2003), there is a lot of empirical research on the relationship between policies for social justice and environmental sustainability.
False
According to Jo Robinson, most man-made varieties of fruits and vegetables are significantly higher in vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids than wild varieties.
False
According to Kevin Bales (2016), 90% of women in Bangladesh are illiterate.
False
According to Kevin Bales, miners at Bisie mine should be held accountable for the environmental destruction they create.
False
According to Palmer et al. (2014), environmental ethicists reached consensus that in response to climate change we should relocate threatened species to new more suitable habitats.
False
According to Vandana Shiva, in developing countries, agricultural productivity is typically lower on smaller units of land.
False
According to the Dupraz study (2011), the crops raised under the half-density of PVPs were 50% less productive than the crops raised in full sun.
False
According to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, shrimp farmers in Bangladesh inject the shrimp they harvest with endosulfine.
False
An organic aquaponic garden requires the constant addition of water, and uses more water than a soil-based garden.
False
As reported by Isenhour (2015), 88% of Swedish citizens emphasized the importance of investing in environmentally responsible businesses.
False
At a public hearing sponsored by NYCEDC, most residents of the North Shore applauded the New York Wheel development project.
False
Congolese middlemen (known as negociants) are unaware of the human and environmental costs of mineral production, and therefore cannot be held responsible for ecocide and slavery.
False
Currently in the United States there is no law against the import of slave-mined minerals.
False
Devon Self Storage changed the final version of the remediation work plan, based on public comments.
False
Foreign direct investments (FDIs) impede the production of "high value" foods in developing countries.
False
From 1970 to 2006, the average dairy herd size decreased from ~120 to ~25 cows.
False
Fry for the Bangladesh shrimp farms is typically supplied by hatcheries, operated by the local department of natural resources.
False
In 2016, Pentagon officials still denied that the danger of climate change is real.
False
In Chile, the restructuring of debt in the 1980s led to a massive increase in social spending and higher standards of living for the population.
False
In India, debt bondage is still legal.
False
In Southeast Asia, villages with wider mangroves suffered significantly higher death tolls from cyclones and tsunamis compared to villages with no mangroves.
False
In the last 20 years, environmental regulations imposed by the city of Stockholm caused economic stagnation and high levels of unemployment.
False
Intrinsic value is a value given to an entity because of its usefulness to humans.
False
Introduction of Bt cotton on India in 2002 was a remarkable economic success.
False
Large-scale hunting of hippos in the early 2000s in the Lake Edward area led to the recovery of the local fishing industry.
False
Mangrove forests are as efficient at carbon sequestration as the Amazon Rainforests.
False
Most food co-operatives are non-profit organizations that are heavily subsidized by the Federal government.
False
Most of the armed groups in the Congo directly export tin and coltan to Europe.
False
Which of the following entities is considered to be a moral agent?
ISU student
The world's largest clean energy producer per capita is
Iceland
Currently, granite for German tombstones comes predominantly from ______________.
India
Which of the following is NOT true about the "treadmill of production" theory?
It argues that technological enhancements reduce the rate of consumption.
Which of the following is NOT true about biodeisel?
It is 70% biodegradable.
Which of the following is NOT true regarding "food deserts" as described by White (2015)?
It is limited to rural areas.
Which of the following is NOT true about the Bisie mine in the Congo?
It is managed by the MPC (Mining and Processing Congo)
Which of the following is NOT true of biochar?
It is produced in oxygen-rich environments.
According to PBS and White (2015), which of the following is TRUE about aquaponics?
It requires composting worms and nitrifying bacteria.
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the GIFT project in the Philippines.
It resulted in a significant increase in the price of tilapia.
Which of the following is NOT true about the first green revolution?
It took place in the 1930s.
Which of the following is NOT true about Virunga National Park?
It was established in 1803.
Which of the following is NOT true of the Brooklyn Grange Farm?
It was opened in the 1970s.
In a 2010 report, Greenpeace identified as the "kingpin of climate science denial".
Koch Industries
Which of the following is NOT true regarding "day laborers" at the Bangladeshi shrimp processing factories?
Most of the employees are male.
The practice of subcontracting insures that the workers at shrimp factories:
None of the above.
Which of the following is TRUE about Walmart?
None of the above.
According to Isenhour (2015), the European Environmental Agency termed as the "Mother of all Environmental Issues".
Overconsumption
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the campaign against Michael Mann?
Penn State University refused to investigate Mann.
"Cap and trade" solution proved to be effective at
Reducing emissions that cause acid rain.
Which of the following is NOT true about the Paris Agreement?
Setting of emission-reduction targets is binding.
Which of the following is NOT true about PlaNYC2030: A Greener, Greater New York?
The plan called for a reduction in industrial development.
Which of the following is NOT true of the "radioactive site" located in NYC Staten Island's North Shore?
The radioactive spill was immediately cleaned up by the federal government.
The conclusions of Melissa Checker's study of the New York City Waterfront include:
The system drains the time and energy of environmental justice activists.
Which of the following is NOT true about export processing zones (EPZ's) in Bangladesh?
They alleviated poverty in Dhaka.
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the mangrove forests?
They are significantly more diverse than the Amazon rainforests.
Based on Palmer et al (2014), which of the following theories states that there is a connection between the domination of nature and the domination of women?
ecofeminism
According to Palmer at al (2014), almost all environmental ethicists agree that we should intentionally manipulate the climate in response to climate change.
false
Which ethic currently serves as a foundation for decision-making for many natural resource professionals in the US?
land ethic
According to Vandana Shiva, farmer suicide in India emerged in
late 1990s
According to Vandana Shiva, the Green Revolution in India
none of the above
The "Iron triangle" refers to
relationship among legislators, the national armed forces and the arms industry
Which of the following is TRUE about deep ecology?
states that non-human life has intrinsic value
Which of the following is NOT true about maquila industry in Mexico?
workers earn $300-400 a week
The "Environmental Justice Showcase Communities" program provided to each community to direct toward environmental justice outreach and education.
~ $100 thousand.
According to the UN statistics, more than __________ people live on less than $2.50 a day.
~ 3 billion
Today, China produces of the world's toys.
~ 70%
