Final

Question 1

What law empowers BLM?

Answer 1

Federal Lands Policy and Management Act

Question 2

What law empowers USFS

Answer 2

Multiple-use sustained-yield Act and National Forest Management Act

Question 3

What law empowers the National Park Service

Answer 3

National Park Service Organic Act

Question 4

What law empowers the US Fish and Wildlife agency?

Answer 4

National wildlife refuge system administration act

Question 5

What are 10 sustainability metrics?

Answer 5

1. Ecological footprint analysis
2. Carbon footprint
3. Life-cycle analysis
4. Energy return on investment
5. UN Human development index
6. Genuine progress indicator
7. Happy planet index
8. Triple bottom line
9. Ecolabels
10. Certified organic
11. Fair trade
12. Food miles

Question 6

Define ecological footprint analysis as a sustainability metric

Answer 6

Measures human demand on nature. Measures how much land and water area a human population uses to generate a number that indicates if a population is living within its means or is in a state of ecological overshoot.

Question 7

Define energy return on investment as a sustainability metric

Answer 7

determines if an energy source takes more energy to produce than it yields

Question 8

Define UN Human Development Index as a sustainability metric

Answer 8

Often criticized for lacking ecological components. Measures social well-being using data on life expectancy, education, income, etc.

Question 9

Define genuine progress indicator as a sustainability metric

Answer 9

Takes GDP info and adjusts for social factors like income distribution, environmental damage, crime, etc.

Question 10

Define triple bottom line as a sustainability metric

Answer 10

Rates financial, social, and environmental aspects of sustainability

Question 11

What three sustainability metrics would you choose and why?

Answer 11

1. Triple bottom line because it includes financial, social, and env. components
2. Energy return on investment because society will be energy dependent for the foreseeable future.
3. Ecological footprint because the environment supports the overall social and economical wellbeing of society

Question 12

What are the 10 challenges faced by the sustainability movement?

Answer 12

1. Shared vision
2. Economic growth ideals
3. Resiliency
4. Inequality
5. Repair and protect env.
6. Climate change
7. Not climate change
8. Greenwashing
9. Politicization
10. Finance

Question 13

What sustainability challenge would you add to Caradonna’s list?

Answer 13

Responsibility blame: the struggle between individuals blaming corporation and corporations blaming individuals.

Question 14

Do you agree with the SCOTUS decision in Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife

Answer 14

No, like Sierra Club v Morton the case was too focused on technicalities.