Deck 3: Where Do We Go From Here Applying an Ecological Worldview

Question 1

Besides making ecologically informed lifestyle choices (e.g., about where to live, how to earn money, what to eat), what else can individual citizens do to move society in a sustainable direction?

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

Will Allen's non-profit organization Growing Power utilizes _________ to create fertile vegetable gardens in small urban areas.

A)aquaponics
B)guerilla gardening
C)urban food forestry
D)permaculture

Answer 2

aquaponics

Question 3

What are food deserts?

A)urban neighborhoods whose residents lack reliable access to fresh, whole foods
B)arid regions of the world where food can't be grown without intensive irrigation
C)periods during the year when no fresh produce is regionally available in northern climates
D)mainstream grocery stores that carry primarily processed, packaged products

Answer 3

urban neighborhoods whose residents lack reliable access to fresh, whole foods

Question 4

How many neighborhood farmers' markets are currently operating in the United States?

A)more than 20,000
B)more than 17,000
C)more than 12,000
D)more than 8,000

Question 5

In the context of food, CSA stands for

A)Certified Sustainable Agriculture
B)Community Supported Agriculture
C)Compost Soil Agriculture
D)Corporate Systems Agriculture

Question 6

A locavore is

A)a person who eats what is grown in the region.
B)a person who does not eat meat.
C)a person who does not eat any animal products.
D)a person who eats only raw food.

Question 7

Some urban planners are now intentionally planting food-bearing trees and shrubs in public spaces. This approach is called

A)foraging
B)permaculture
C)urban food forestry
D)vermiculture

Question 8

In the text's discussion of palm oil, Lucia von Reusner is a good example of a(n)

A)organic farmer committed to sustainable agriculture.
B)individual challenging a corporation to behave more sustainably.
C)urban environmentalist challenging the dominant social paradigm.
D)All of the above.

Question 9

Apartment dwellers can compost by using ________ to transform food waste into soil.

A)manure
B)water
C)worms
D) bugs

Question 10

Joel Salatin considers himself a ______ farmer.

A)grass
B)pig
C)cow
D)corn

Question 11

______________ is a method of designing agricultural and living spaces that focus on the relationships between people, animals, plants, activities, and buildings.

A)Green architecture
B)Permaculture
C)Organic farming
D)Aquaponics

Question 12

Which of the following is true about upstream solutions to ecological problems?

A)They are sometimes a tough sell because they seem costly.
B)They can be expensive, time-consuming, and effortful.
C)They are ultimately more efficient than downstream solutions.
D)All of these statements are true about upstream solutions.

Question 13

The priority of reduce and reuse over recycle is most closely related to the ecologically based principle that

A)All life is interdependent.
B)Life systems are circular.
C)Upstream solutions are better than downstream solutions.
D)Diversity equals resilience.

Question 14

In the ""cradle to cradle"" manufacturing approach, wastes

A)are eliminated
B)are sent to a landfill
C)are incinerated
D)are used in new production cycles

Question 15

What happens in an eco-industrial park?

A)Member industries collaborate to share the costs associated with energy use, waste, and material acquisition.
B)Member industries collaborate to use the by-products of each others' production.
C)Member industries collaborate to share resources and maximize efficiency.
D)All of the above happen in an eco-industrial park.

Question 16

Consider the neighborhood where you live. Where could food be grown and how?

Question 17

What are four ways you can reduce your food footprint? Explain why these are effective.

Question 18

Besides forgoing meat altogether, what are some alternative ways to lessen the negative ecological impact of meat consumption?

Question 19

Describe how farmer Joel Salatin's approach to agriculture reflects the ecological principle that life systems are circular.

Question 20

What does it mean to say ""upstream solutions are better than downstream solutions""?

Question 21

Some human-made systems are simply ecologically incompatible because they are inherently linear rather than circular. These are systems which rely on non-renewable inputs and/or produce wastes that cannot be used by the system to produce new materials. Describe three examples of such systems from your own lifestyle.

Question 22

Describe each of the five ecological principles discussed in Chapter 3.

Question 23

Grassroots efforts of individuals working for systemic change in their own communities are ________ to achieve sustainability.

A)counterproductive
B)useful
C)essential
D)useless

Question 24

___________ involve consumers refusing to support a business until it changes its practices, while _______ involve consumers generating business for companies whose practices they admire.

A)boycotts; buycotts
B)boycotts; girlcotts
C)buycotts; boycotts
D)buycotts; mobcotts

Question 25

Car sharing programs can be found in most large North American cities. In the U.S., each shared car averages about ______ users.

A)10
B)20
C)40
D)70

Question 26

Only ___% of the total energy in gasoline goes to moving the driver.

A)1
B)10
C)40
D)60

Question 27

Using dated or tainted materials for new, higher-quality purposes is called _________.

A)Upcycling
B)Recycling
C)cradle-to-cradle cycling
D)regenerative cycling

Question 28

Biologist E. O. Wilson has argued that _____________ is the most harmful aspect of environmental degradation.

A)loss of biodiversity
B)loss of wild habitat
C)loss of scenic landscapes
D)reduction in populations of predators

Question 29

Complexity of the ecosystems that support our lives is reduced by

A)overuse of resources.
B)eradication of species.
C)overreliance on a few system members to the exclusion of others.
D)All of the above

Question 30

Composted human excrement can be used to fertilize gardens.

Question 31

If you don't grow your own food, there is no benefit in undestanding interdependencies within food systems.

Question 32

Achieving ecological sustainability will require more than just individuals behaving less consumptively and wastefully.

Question 33

Preventing aquatic hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico will require giving up beautiful landscaping and healthy farms in the Midwestern United States.

Question 34

The annual ""dead zone"" in the Gulf of Mexico is caused by excess fertilizer running off farm fields in states along the Mississippi watershed.

Question 35

Downstream solutions are more efficient than upstream solutions.

Question 36

There are ways to use our shared natural resources without risking their long-term viability.

Question 37

Equating progress and success with unrestrained resource use is unsustainable.

Question 38

Pursuing personal happiness is inherently at odds with sustainability.

Question 39

As natural systems show, growth is unlimited.

Question 40

Natural systems are circular, not linear.

Question 41

All life is interdependent.

Question 42

A meat-based diet generally uses less land, water, and fossil fuels than a plant-based diet.

Question 43

Purchasing carbon offsets remedies any negative ecological impact of eating non-regional food.

Question 44

Typical industrial agricultural practices conflict with which of the following ecological principles?

A)All life is interdependent.
B)Life systems are circular.
C)Diversity equals resilience.
D)All of the above

Question 45

Which of the following is not an ecologically consistent principle?

A)All life is interdependent.
B)Progress equals growth.
C)Life systems are circular.
D)Diversity equals resilience.

Question 46

To move in a sustainable direction, people need to better align their thinking and behaviors with

A)recommendations made by scientists and engineers.
B)how natural systems function.
C)cutting-edge technologies and industrial innovations.
D)non-human animals.

Question 47

Which of the following is false about the ecological compatibility of people's daily behaviors?

A)Compared to just a few generations ago, behaviors today are less likely to be ecologically compatible by default.
B)Technological innovations have made some behaviors more ecologically detrimental than they previously were.
C)In today's industrialized world, behaving in an ecologically compatible way requires conscious intention.
D)It is obvious to most people which of their behaviors are ecologically incompatible, and why.

Question 48

Humans' long-term success will depend on viewing the natural world differently and acting in ways that are consistent with scientific information about how natural systems operate

Question 49

People can't easily make ecologically responsible choices when the larger systems work against them

Question 50

Consumers can exert considerable influence over corporations by making conscious choices to consume only sustainably produced products.

Question 51

Life Cycle Assessments generally reveal that using virgin materials and creating toxic waste are financial losers in the long run.

Question 52

Some housing developments in the U.S. prohibit food gardens.

Question 53

To grow food, one needs access to a green space at least the size of an urban yard.

Question 54

Slow Food benefits both planetary and human health.

Question 55

To forage for wild edibles one must get outside the city.

Question 56

For people living in the modern industrialized world, behaving in an ecologically harmonious way requires conscious intention.