Deck 2: Understanding Sustainable Development-part B

Question 1

Fair Trade food products have to be organic

Answer 1

False
Many fairly traded food products are organic but this is not a requirement in every Fair Trade scheme

Question 2

Daniel Goleman has written books on the following …

A) traditional ecology knowledge
B) environmental modernization
C) emotional intelligence
D) ecological intelligence

Answer 2

C ,D

Question 3

The 'cradle to cradle' methodology is most closely associated with who?

A) William McDonough
B) Dejan Sudjik
C) Michael Braungart
D) Walden Bello

Answer 3

A ,C

Question 4

Which of the following countries are associated with the BRIC group?

A) Belgium
B) India
C) Romania
D) China

Question 5

In which countries has the 'passive house' been developed?

A) Germany
B) Denmark
C) Argentina
D) Canada

Question 6

Which of the following have been suggested as alternative measures to GDP?

A) IPAT
B) HPI
C) HDI
D) ISEW

Question 7

Which of the following countries have advocated a total ban on polar bear hunting?

A) Russia
B) USA
C) Norway
D) Canada

Question 8

The following CEOs have been closely associated with business and sustainability …

A) Wes Anderson
B) Ray Anderson
C) Anita Roddick
D) George Bush

Question 9

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Question 10

How can a degrowth economy become a fair and just reality? Should it?

Question 11

What sustainability lessons can be learnt from indigenous peoples? And what should be rejected?

Question 12

Consider the successes as well as the problems that 'fortress conversation' has produced?

Question 13

How can digital media networks promote sustainability practice?

Question 14

Who of the following have written on education and sustainability?

A) Stephen Sterling
B) Franny Armstrong
C) Daniella Tilbury
D) Ulrich Beck

Question 15

The educator David Orr wrote that 'knowing, caring, and practical competence constitute the basis of' … what?

A) social capital
B) degrowth economy
C) governance
D) ecological literacy

Question 16

We are currently witnessing the seventh species extinction

Question 17

Curitiba is a sustainable city in Brazil

Question 18

The Stern Report referred to climate change as a huge example of market failure

Question 19

Herman Daly is a leading opponent of the growth economy

Question 20

The Grameen Bank was established by Bill Gates

Question 21

The triple bottom line is associated with developing a sustainable business model

Question 22

I=PAT refers to Impact = Pollution, Affluence, Technology

Question 23

What organization produces the Red List of Endangered Species?

A) OECD
B) WTO
C) UNEP
D) IUCN

Question 24

According to the MEA, what percentage of the world's ecosystem services are degraded?

A) 0.9
B) 0.45
C) 0.333
D) 0.6

Question 25

What is Masdar?

A) an ecocity
B) a cooking oil
C) SUV
D) space station

Question 26

The Findhorn eco community can be found in which country?

A) Finland
B) New Zealand
C) Scotland
D) Russia

Question 27

Who devised the The Natural Step?

A) Hunter and Amory Lovins
B) Karl-Henrik Robèrt
C) Lester Brown
D) Mathis Wackernagel

Question 28

What leadership roles can higher education play in promoting sustainability?