SOLUTIONS FLASHCARDS - LIFE IN THE OCEANS

Where do the average American’s carbon emissions come from?

1. Transportation %28

2. Stuff you Buy %26

3. Home Heating and Cooling %17

4. Other Home Energy Use %15

5. Food %14

What is the clothing waste crisis?

The massive amount of discarded clothes that end up in landfills or burned in increasing amounts.

-Third World countries want to stop accepting such mass produced, cheap old clothing being sent to them

-Consumers are buying too much that’s too cheap.

What types of food have higher emissions than others?

1. Meat

2. Dairy

3. Beverages

4. Seafood

What is the diet that can help fight Climate Change?

The Mederterrianian diet!

Why are we subsidizing Fossil Fuels?

To allow fossil fuel companies to continue to operate while still making a profit. The government gives them a “free-pass” so to speak in tax breaks.

Why are marine protected areas important?

Because they allow an ecosystem to replenish its depleted resources and return to their natural stability.

-Protecting these ecosystems from overfishing increases biodiversity!

-Further preventing trophic cascades, the predator- prey relationships.

What potential do high seas present in protecting biodiversity for the entire ocean?

If the high seas were turned into the world’s largest nature reserve, than many predators would still roam the oceans, our seas would be quieter, and every coastline community would benefit!

What needs to change for us to live sustainably on Earth?

1. Energy Change

2. Food Production

3. Manage

4. Rebuild

How can we save our oceans and ourselves?

1. Protect

2. Restore

3. Fund

How many levels of protection are there for marine ecosystems?

1. Fully protected

2. Highly Protected

3. Lightly Protected

4. Minimally Protected