Sustainability Flashcards
Sustainablity definition
Development that meets the needs of the present without compormising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Type A Scenario
Continuous growth if physical bounds are distant or growing.
Type B Scenario
Population and physical economy are mapped in a sigmoidal path when bounds to carrying capacity are seen.
Type C Scenario
Oscillations occur between both the population and physical economy and the carrying capacity.
Type D Scenario
Carrying capacity collapses due to population and physical economy rise.
Grand Objectives of Sustainablity:
Maintaining the existence of the human species.
Maintaining the capacity for sustainable development.
Maintaining the diversity of life.
Maintaining the aesthetic richness of the planet.
Resource Reserve Base
Material that has been identified geologically, whether of not it can be extracted at a profti at the present time.
The average car emits how many gC/km?
62
Sustainabliltiy =
Healthy Environment + Social Equality + Economic Growth
Target time for sustainablility
50 years
Material that has been identified geologically, whether or not it can be extracted at a profit at the present time.
Resource Reserve Base
Coal burning emits how many kg C/GJ?
89
Allocation of limited resources is a sociological problem as well as a _____.
Physical Problem
Uses of Zinc include all of the following EXCEPT
A. Construction Coating
B. Vehicle Plating
C. Cast, rolled Zinc
**D. Semiconductor Panels
Energy use falls into which category of the Grand Objectives of Sustainability?
Global Climate Change
How is sustainability defined?
In terms of human needs and human intergeneration equity
Which country has the largest adoption of solar energy?
Germany
One of the “Grand objectives” of sustainability is maintaining the diversity of?
Life
Vehicle plating makes up what percent of the total use of zinc?
12%
In evaluating sustainability graphs, the x axis is time where the y axis is
Development Metrics
The Conceptual Sequence for sustainability-related actions includes? (in order)
Grand Objectives, concerns, activities, and actions
Current CO2 use in Germany is __ than what is allocated
greater than
Maintaing the exsistance of human species, capacity for sustainable development, diversity of life, aesthetic richness of the planet are all objectives of what?
Sustainability
Type of Scenario where a collapse occurs with delays and erodable bounds?
Type D
What is the name of the grading system that the A&M sustainability office is a part of?
STARS
What is the “ghost at the sustainability banquet?
Biodiversity
How well did A&M score on the water consumption section while being compared to other universities?
.86 out of 7.0
Which of these accounts for the highest level of CO2 production?
Auto
Before recycling of zinc usage, how much zinc is every citizen allocated?
.9 kg/yr
Which of the following is not an Economic, Engneering, or Environmental factor that control mineral availability?
Identified Resources
According to the different Scenarios shown in class, a natural, non-renewable resource such as water would follow which pattern?
Type D
According to Kelly Wellman from the sustainability office, “sustainability” as a noun has only been around since:
1990
What percentage accounts for zinc alloys in regards to the uses of zinc?
38%
When evaluating sustainability under the type A scenario, what phrase best decribes it?
Continous growth if physical bounds are distant or growing.
