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Northeast of Australia and northwest of Fiji lies the isolated tropical island of Tikopia. Less than two square miles in length, it supports 1,200 people and has been continuously occupied for nearly 3,000 years, with the population holding steady for much of that time. It has a two-month dry season every year and lies in the Pacific's cyclone belt, which destroys homes and gardens on an unpredictable but regular basis. Tikopia is too far away from other islands to have any regular contact; the islanders must be self-sufficient.
-As of 2013, nearly 700 university presidents had signed a University Presidents' Commitment to ____________
A) increase campus biodiversity
B) reduce solid wastes
C) increase electrical consumption
D) take inventories and set dates for becoming carbon- neutral
E) conserve water
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Q7: The term sustainability refers to _
A)opposing change
Q8: Sustainable development involves _
A)using all resources at
Q9: Environmental protection can positively affect local economies
Q10: Our global society has a greater potential
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Q13: In general, the movement toward sustainability is
Q14: Many proponents of sustainability believe that encouraging
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Q16: Working to achieve sustainability on college and
Q17: Responsible stewardship in the coming decades will
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