Managing Canadas Resources

Question 1

What is a natural resource?

Answer 1

a natural formed material or substance which can be used itself or sold to earn money
eg. fish, water, minerals(gold), trees, oil, has, wheat

Question 2

What is a renewable resource?

Answer 2

A resource that can replenish (grow back) within 30 years

eg. trees, fish, soil

Question 3

What is a non renewable resource?

Answer 3

a resource that can only be used once

eg. oil, gas, minerals

Question 4

What is a flow resource?

Answer 4

it is a resource that renews its self while it is being used

eg. sun, wind, water

Question 5

What is a sustainable development?

Answer 5

Using the resources we have now but making sure we will have enough resources for the future.

Question 6

What resources will we run out of in the future?

Answer 6

gas

non renewable resources

Question 7

What renewable resource are we ruining?

Answer 7

fish in particular cod
trees
water

Question 8

What is an example of a resource that we use in a sustainable way?

Answer 8

solar energy

Question 9

What is included in the linear system?

Answer 9

1) extraction
2)production
3)distribution
4) consumption
5)disposal
=materials economy

Question 10

What is an ecological footprint?

Answer 10

a statistic(number) used to measure how people impact their environment

Question 11

How is ecological footprint calculated?

Answer 11

natural resources used+garbage made+land needed to make & distribute all the stuff you use
- expressed in hectares

Question 12

What is the average North American EF and why are they so high?

Answer 12

• 9.5 hectares
• they drive a lot (uses oil, makes wider roads)
• haves lots of clothes and buy more then what they need (grow cotton, use energy for machines to make clothes; use oil for transportation
• eat more then what we need( need 2000 cals but consumes 3400cals)(need more food, more transportation)

Question 13

What are the 6 footprints?

Answer 13

Build-up footprints
fish footprints
forest footprints
grazing footprints
crop footprints
carbon footprints (highest type of footprint)

Question 14

Do Middle Eastern countries have more carbon?

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

What is the highest footprint in Ontario?

Answer 15

carbon footprint

Question 16

Why is carbon the highest footprint?

Answer 16

• most countries are industrial

- there is a lot of use of oil, gas, coal(fossil fuels) for transportation, energy and factories

Question 17

What is the range of the highest footprints?

Answer 17

5.7 hectares to 9.7 hectares

Question 18

facts about worlds

Answer 18

• world average=1.6 worlds
• if we lived like Australians we -would need 5.4 worlds
• if we lived like the indians we would only nee 0.7 of a world

Question 19

Why do indians have small footprints?

Answer 19

• don’t have much money
• don’t drive(bike, walk, scoot, train, bus)
• eat simple local foods and sometimes don’t have enough

Question 20

Cartogram definition

Answer 20

a map distortion showing data or concepts visually

Question 21

What are the different levels of the solid waste management hierarchy?

Answer 21

reduce- lowering the amount of waste produced
reuse- using materials repeatedly
recycle- using materials to make new products
recovery- recovering energy from waste
landfill- safe disposal of waste to landfill

Question 22

Least desirable-landfill

Answer 22

throw garbage into lanfill
Produces:
1) methane- a ghg that contributes to global warming
2) leachate- water decomposing items that may carry toxic dissolved materials

Question 23

Better: Landfill with energy recovery

Answer 23

• methane gases release as items in dump decompose
• if captured it can be burned as fuel to create electricity
  Benefits:
• free energy
• delays methane getting to atmosphere

Question 24

Even better: Recycle and Compost

Answer 24

• less land used for garbage
  Why is it not enough?
• not everything is recyclable(multiple types of materials in 1 item)
• not everyone participates
• uses large amount of energy( transport, incineration, moulding)
• too much supply of resin pallets
• oil companies make the same product so no need to buy recycled material

Question 25

Best: reduce/reuse

Answer 25

source reduction: don’t produce waste in the first place
- old days: nothing pre-packaged
- today: bulk buying, farmers markets
only occurs when public demands it
Impacts of public demand
a) businesses comply so people buy there product
b) government makes laws in hopes of gaining votes

Question 26

Information of naturel resources in the US

Answer 26

US is 5% of the worlds population but uses 30% of the worlds resources. If everyone lived like the US we would need 5 planets.

Question 27

how are our products made?

Answer 27

naturel resources go in with toxic chemicals and energy to make products with toxins in them. toxins in toxins out.

Question 28

How much pollution is in the US each year?

Answer 28

The US admits to having 4 billion LBs of pollution each year polluting air, water, and land

Question 29

What is the golden arrow?

Answer 29

the golden arrow of consumption

Question 30

What is planned obsolescence and what is perceived obsolescence?

Answer 30

planned obsolescence: designed for the dump such as light bulbs
perceived obsolescence:
out of fashion such as thin heels and thick heels

Question 31

What are adds doing to us?

Answer 31

they are telling us to be happy we must buy new things

Question 32

How much garbage do humans make per day?

Answer 32

twice the amount of garbage from 30 years ago

Question 33

What type of toxin is made from burning toxic chamicals?

Answer 33

dioxins which is a very powerful toxin

Question 34

Why is this system seen as a system in crisis?

Answer 34

It is seen as a system in crisis as it is in no way sustainable for our environment. We use too many natural resources producing pollution, consuming/buying way more and wasting out resources.

Question 35

Why isn’t recycling enough to solve our environmental problems?

Answer 35

Its not enough because we still have so much garbage in the end that needs to be handled in a way that we don’t have the answers to yet

Question 36

Why has our nations happiness level decreased even though we have more stuff than even before?

Answer 36

It decreased caused by our consumption levels as because of this we have less time to see and spend time with friends and family. As well as do things we enjoy such as sports, hobbies ect.

Question 37

Explain the “work-watch-spead” treadmill

Answer 37

Everyday people go to work, come home exhausted, watch tv, see things we want and need to be happy, go shopping to make ourselves feel better, go back to work to pay for the things that we bought and so on.

Question 38

What does “sustainable” mean in terms of our ways of life, economic systems, and our impact on the environment?

Answer 38

being sustainable is being more green for our earth so that the resources we have know will last for the future. Use recycling, be zero waste, don’t buy fast fashion. All of that creates a sustainable environment. Not for lour economy because we will have to buy less and get our clothes from sustainable stores such as thrift store.

Question 39

What can the government do to fix this system?

Answer 39

The government can advertise to the public to decrease the amount of garbage being produced and put laws in regarding how to fix the waste/overuse of naturel resources.

Question 40

What can corporations do to fix this system?

Answer 40

They can make the adds feel more mutual like if you want it get it but its not needed to help you feel not as bad.

Question 41

What can we do to fix this system?

Answer 41

We can advertise what the system is creating and how it is making a non sustainable living environment. We can also do little things like recycle and go waste free.

Question 42

What is the history of east coast fishery?

Answer 42

• fishing off the coast of Newfoundland began in the 1500s
• ships came from Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal
• fish were dried or salted and sent to USA or the Caribbean

Question 43

What are the 2 reasons as to why there is a lot of fish in the grand banks of Newfoundland?

Answer 43

1) cold Labrador currents meets warm Gulf stream currents (churns up ingredients that plankton need to grow)
2) wide swallow continental shelf (sunlight reaches bottom and grows plankton which fish eats)

Question 44

Canadas fishing limit

Answer 44

Canada controls the water (above and below) 370km from shore. (200 nautical miles)

Question 45

Inshore fishery

Answer 45

• stays close to shore
• returns home every night
• gets 10% of total catch
• small boats with 1-6 crew members
• season work
• fish processed onshore

Question 46

Offshore fishery

Answer 46

• fish at the limits of Canadian shore
• stays onboard up to 14 nights
• get 90% of the catch
• big boats with 6-12 crew members
• 4 season work
• fish processed onboard ship

Question 47

Reasons for the Collapse of Cod

Answer 47

• over fishing
• improved fishing technology (post WW11) 1950s
• destructive fishing practices: dragnets capture everything
• changes in naturel conditions: change in current, increase in seals
• uncontrolled forgien fishing (until 1977)

Question 48

Crisis in the east coast fishery

Answer 48

• 1980s notice fewer and smaller fish caught
• 1992 government stops all commercial fishing
• hope the fish will come back in 5-7 years but have not
  moratorium=ban

Question 49

In Oregon farm country, what is twine recycled to?

Answer 49

bumpers and truck liners

Question 50

What are flowerpots recycled into?

Answer 50

more flower trays and pots

Question 51

What is “down-cycling”? How is it different from recycling?

Answer 51

Down-cycling is when you turn one product into an inferior product but it can only be recycled one. Recycling can be recycled thousands of times.

Question 52

California- Inference. carpet company. Where do they get their energy from?

Answer 52

they get their energy from methane from local landfills

Question 53

India. What are some alternatives in the video to using thin shopping bags?

Answer 53

• locally grown jute

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Question 54

Anita Ahuja from Conserve India. How is her company part of the solution to the problem of plastic shopping bags?

Answer 54

• She collects the plastic bags that are going to be put into landfills and hand washes them. After that she turns them into things such as jewelry, bags and much more that are sold around thew world.