Deborah Swerdlow is a senior at the University of Florida and former Machon Kaplan participant. She will be a member of the 2010-2011 class of Eisendrath Legislative Assistants.
I am grateful to my mother for many things, and on Monday morning she added one more to my list: She sent me a link to the Clinton Foundation’s Climate Quiz.
The quiz contains 10 questions that can be answered in less than five minutes. You might be surprised to discover how much you don’t know about climate change — but that’s OK! After each question, you learn the correct answer and what the foundation’s Clinton Climate Initiative is doing to help, whether it’s funding building retrofit projects or supporting research on carbon-neutral transportation technologies.
You can help the Clinton Climate Initiative’s work simply by taking
this quiz: Every person who takes the quiz will be honored with a $2
donation on his/her behalf to purchase solar flashlights for Haitians
without access to electricity. The Foundation’s goal is to get 100,000
people to take the quiz so it can deliver 200,000 energy-saving
flashlights.
The climate quiz is only step one in the Clinton Foundation’s Take Initiative on Earth Day campaign.
After taking the quiz, you can brush up on climate change issues or
search for a local Clinton Foundation volunteer project, such as
harvesting from an urban farm in Chicago or repairing and replanting
the PS 76 Garden in New York. On Thursday, you can hear from Bill
Clinton himself and ask him your burning questions about climate change
during an online forum.
Challenge your friends, coworkers and family to see who can score the
highest on the quiz. I scored a six out of 10. How’d you do?
For more Earth Day program ideas and action items, visit the RAC’s special Earth Day resource page and then sign the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life’s Jewish Energy Covenant Campaign and pledge to join the Jewish community in addressing this challenge together.