Final

Question 1

chart displaying the range of political ideologies influencing media

Answer 1

media bias chart

Question 2

Grierson Hill

Answer 2

first landfill in Edmonton (1894-1937)

Question 3

Urban scavengers

Answer 3

people who went through garbage
-notably, fought to keep the dumps open and won

Question 4

Tivoli Gardens

Answer 4

amusement park and pleasure garden inspired the Rundle Park idea, but never happened

Question 5

Clover Bar Dump

Answer 5

first engineered dump 1975
- full by 1989, denied expansion
- recycling started in 1988 and composting in 2000

Question 6

EWMC

Answer 6

Edmonton Waste Management Centre

Question 7

Rundle Park

Answer 7

formerly Beverly Dump
- lots of methane in 1979 - monitor for 50 years
- could ignite!

Question 8

Can’t build ______m from the disposal area of a landfill

Answer 8

300

Question 9

can’t build ______m from the working area of a landfill

Answer 9

450

Question 10

Tragedy of the Commons

Answer 10

• when unregulated, people look for their individual good instead of the group

Question 11

Landscape regeneration

Answer 11

Phase 1: Establishment
- bacteria and lichen, then weeds
Phase 2: Accumulation
- nutrients in soil, new plants
Phase 3: Transitional
-more demanding plants
Phase 4: Abundance
- climax

Question 12

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

Answer 12

Sustainable Development Goals
- 8 in 2000
- 17 now

Question 13

Conservation

Answer 13

“active” techniques, manage parks, incorporate industry and human activity while maintaining sustainability
George P. Marsh
Gifford Pinchot

Question 14

Preservation

Answer 14

“passive” techniques, no industries or parks, limited/no access
Henry David Thoreau
John Muir

Question 15

3 Types of Reserves

Answer 15

municipal, environmental, conservation

Question 16

Municipal reserves

Answer 16

schools, parks
humans & nature overlap directly, conservationist, max 10% developable land

Question 17

Environmental reserve

Answer 17

swamp, gully, ravine, coulee, natural drainage course, land subject to flooding, unstable land, land adjacent to body of water
- preservationist, prevent pollution, development, damage

Question 18

Conservation reserve

Answer 18

anything not covered in ER
- environmentally significant features
- tree stands, wildlife corridors, etc.

Question 19

Ecological Design

Answer 19

model designs after nature
- efficiency, not wasteful, cycling of energy, cradle to cradle

Question 20

Biomimicry

Answer 20

drawing inspiration from nature to solve human problems

Question 21

Functional limitation

Answer 21

imitates functions and process found in nature

Question 22

Sustainable solutions

Answer 22

harmony with nature in designs

Question 23

Manitoba Hydro Place

Answer 23

LEED platinum
- biomimicry, passive heating/cooling, modelled after termite mound, daylighting

Question 24

Greta Thunberg

Answer 24

controversial, loud, political
- compared with Rachel Carlson

Question 25

Rachel Carlson

Answer 25

created EPA, “Silent Spring”, DDT
- never protested, but effectively argued points

Question 26

Critiques on Sustainable Development

Answer 26

Ambiguity
Economic Growth Paradigm (Micky Mouse ears)
Downplaying env. limits
Downplaying international equity
Based on incorrect assumptions

Question 27

Blatchford

Answer 27

Airport in 1914, closed in 2013
- contaminated area, hard to develop
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