CGU4U/C Unit # 3: Sustainability in the Global Environment Urban Sustainability: Who should be on the Hook? Take the following quiz. Indicate who you think should be responsible in each situation. Situation 1. Promoting the sorting of curbside waste into streams: plastics, paper, compost trash 2. Providing clean water in adequate amounts to people 3. Capping emission of pollution or greenhouse gases 4. Paying for the clean-up of contaminated soil in urban spaces. 5. Building a community garden in a low income neighborhood 6. Building a community garden in an affluent neighborhood 7. Requiring new buildings to meet a certain level of energy efficiency. 8. Reducing our dependence on fossil fuels 9. Reducing the emissions from motor vehicles 10. Waste collection and disposal 11. The financial costs associated with higher levels of environmental protection 12. Determining the density of new housing construction 13. Determining the path of a new oil pipeline through a community 14. Changing land use zoning from one type of land use to another 15. Snow removal on a sidewalk 16. Mitigating traffic congestion around a new theme park 17. Mitigating traffic congestion around a newly Government Companies Individuals CGU4U/C Unit # 3: Sustainability in the Global Environment constructed neighborhood. 18. Reducing air and noise pollution around an international airport 19. Expanding the lanes and roads around the ever growing Google and Apple headquarters. 20. Hospital visits related to air pollution Case Studies of Sustainable Contributions Everyone has their role in supporting sustainable development in our society. Often times the decision of one level has direct impacts on other levels. Let’s look at 3 examples of sustainable change and how that impacts the other levels. GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS INDIVIDUALS France Greenside Electric UrbanGreenEnergy SumofUs.org CGU4U/C Unit # 3: Sustainability in the Global Environment