Sustainability

Sustainability

To sustain something means to keep it in existence.

Multiple Choice

Sustainability means ...

• saving everything that you use

• living today so that people will have their needs met in the future

• making less trash

Multiple Choice

Which form of transportation is the most sustainable?

Walking

is the most sustainable form of transportation because it uses the least amount of natural resources. Biking and taking the bus are good options for longer distances.

Fill in the Blank

A solar powered home uses sunlight to produce electricity through out the house, some houses even produce enough electricity to power an electric

Multiple Select

Tianjin Eco-City will get much of energy from which of these resources?

• solar power

• fossil fuels

• biofuel

• wind

• recycled waste

Multiple Choice

People in cities use ___ % of all the resources consumed, even though they only live on ___ % of the Earth's land.

• 50 and 1

• 99 and 10

• 75 and 2

Are you ready to sustain?

You decide...

Poll

Would you rather have to walk 10 minutes to the store or ride in a car for 5 minutes?

• walk 10 minutes

• 5 minute car ride

Poll

Would you rather wear your brother or sister's old clothes or buy new clothes from the mall?

• sibling's old clothes

• new clothes

Poll

Would you rather drink water from the sink or get a bottle of spring water?

• sink water

• bottled water