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Stuff Every Sustainability Scout Should Know

Practice facts for the Sustainability merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.

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  1. What does sustainability mean in simple terms?
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    Making things last without using up resources for the future. Sustainability means continuing over a long time while keeping resources available for future people.

  2. Which three areas does sustainability usually balance?
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    Environment, society, and economy. Scholars usually describe sustainability through environmental, social, and economic dimensions.

  3. What is sustainable development often described as?
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    Processes and pathways to reach a more sustainable world. Sustainability is the long-term goal, while sustainable development is the pathway to get there.

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  1. What does sustainability mean in simple terms?
  2. Which three areas does sustainability usually balance?
  3. What is sustainable development often described as?
  4. What does the Brundtland Report say sustainable development meets?
  5. Why is protecting ecological integrity called the core of sustainability?
  6. What does the term sustainability come from?
  7. What did Hans Carl von Carlowitz write about in 1713?
  8. What are planetary boundaries?
  9. What does the IPAT formula measure?
  10. What is greenwashing?
  11. What is the circular economy trying to do?
  12. What does the triple bottom line include?
  13. What is supply chain sustainability about?
  14. What is one way individuals can live more sustainably?
  15. What does the UN's Agenda 2030 include?
  16. What does the Rio Declaration focus on?
  17. What did the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment emphasize?
  18. What is the Montreal Protocol known for?
  19. What is the Anthropocene?
  20. What is strong sustainability?
  21. What is weak sustainability?
  22. What is the value-action gap?
  23. What is a sustainability transition?
  24. What is eco-economic decoupling?
  25. What did Elinor Ostrom study?
  26. What is the tragedy of the commons about?
  27. What does the polluter-pays principle mean?
  28. What is the precautionary principle?
  29. What does reducing food waste help with?
  30. What dietary shift do scientists suggest for sustainability?
  31. What is one way to reduce consumption?
  32. What is an externality in economics?
  33. Why is decoupling economic growth from environmental harm difficult?
  34. What does the term 'green jobs' refer to?
  35. What is Leave No Trace about?
  36. What does the Outdoor Code encourage?
  37. What is one way to reduce household water use?
  38. What is drought?
  39. What is flood mitigation?
  40. What is a sustainable community designed to consider?
  41. What is a product life cycle?
  42. What is species decline?
  43. What is the trash vortex?
  44. What do plastic recycling numbers tell you?
  45. What is one benefit of reducing energy consumption at home?
  46. What is a practical way to reduce energy use?
  47. What does a household water bill review help you spot?
  48. What should a home water diagram show after water is used?
  49. What does exploring food sustainability include?
  50. What is one factor that can limit food availability in a region?
  51. What is one way a family can create its own food source? 🔒
  52. What is the first step in a plan to reduce household food waste? 🔒
  53. How long should you track food waste results for that plan? 🔒
  54. What is one sustainability factor to rate in housing? 🔒
  55. Which of these is a common energy source to study for sustainability? 🔒
  56. When listing home energy uses, what should you identify for each idea? 🔒
  57. How should personal stuff be classified in that activity? 🔒
  58. What can you do with excess stuff you no longer need? 🔒
  59. What can you research about an old electronic device? 🔒
  60. What does the UN Sustainable Development Goal Zero Hunger aim at? 🔒
  61. Which UN goal focuses on water and sanitation? 🔒
  62. What do planetary life-support systems like soil and climate do? 🔒
  63. What happens when planetary life-support systems are disrupted? 🔒
  64. What human activity can contribute to species decline? 🔒
  65. What can help reverse species decline? 🔒
  66. What can a world temperature map for 100 years show? 🔒
  67. How can climate change affect sustainability? 🔒
  68. What should you observe about sustainability at a campout? 🔒
  69. How does living by the Scout Law help sustainability? 🔒
  70. What should you do with five household behavior changes? 🔒
  71. What should you find out about a sustainability career? 🔒
  72. Why is water necessary in our lives? 🔒
  73. What is one way to preserve community access to clean water? 🔒
  74. What does the term aquaculture refer to? 🔒
  75. What does waste impact in the environment? 🔒
  76. What does the term sustainability mean in modern usage? 🔒
  77. What does the term species decline affect? 🔒
  78. What does the term sustainability mean in everyday usage? 🔒
  79. What does the term resilience mean in sustainability? 🔒
  80. What does the term biodiversity loss refer to? 🔒
  81. What is one way to measure human impact on Earth? 🔒
  82. What does the term carrying capacity mean? 🔒
  83. What is one way to reduce your carbon footprint? 🔒