WorksheetsSaving the Environment from Consumerism | Breton Lorway
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Breton is from a small town in
Princeton, New Jersey
Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
Something her parents did to create a love of nature in her were...
send her away to a boarding school in the woods
make her live alone in a tent
take her for nature walks in the woods nearby
send her to a fashion camp in New York City
Breton felt powerless, that she couldn't help the environment, but then realized the best way to help is to
boycott the fast fashion industry
stop buying new cars
only buy things at flea markets
simply stop constantly buying new stuff
According to Breton the US makes up ____% of the world population, yet consumes ____% of its natural resources.
30, 3
3, 15
3, 30
15, 30
The consumerism cycle started because of advances in production during
The American Civil War
The Cyber Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
The First World War
More efficient mass production makes
the end product cheaper with more units
the end product more expensive with fewer units
the end product more expensive with more units
the end product with fewer units but cheaper in price
Breton mentioned that early consumerism started in the
agricultural industry
automotive industry
computer industry
movie industry
Breton mentions her favorite television show was
Friends
The A Team
Mad Max
Mad Men
To produce 2 pounds of cotton it takes
20000 liters of water
20 liters of water
2000 liters of water
2 liters of water
If every human being on Earth consumed at the pace of an average American you would need
300 million liters of water per person per year
3 planet Earths
30000 pounds of cotton a year
30 tons of fertilizer per person per year.
Breton follows the ideals of the Henry David Thoreau, whose main concept of living simply was called
transcendentalism
simplicationism
transgenderism
transhumanism
