North Hill's Earth Day Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. Collecting and reprocessing a resource so it can be used again.
  2. 8. A long period of time in which there is little to no rain.
  3. 9. Age group of members of Third Act, a nonprofit dedicated to harnessing life experience for positive change.
  4. 10. This important travel related sector makes up nearly 30% of US greenhouse gas emissions.
  5. 11. The process that turns sunshine into energy.
  6. 13. A byproduct of food waste at North Hill that nourishes soil.
  7. 15. States, A country that is the largest carbon emitter in the world.
  8. 17. A greenhouse gas produced by livestock.
  9. 18. Humans need this important end product of snow, threatened by a warming planet, every day.
Down
  1. 1. People moving from one place to another, a social cost of climate change.
  2. 2. A method of harvesting natural gas from the earth that has environmental consequences.
  3. 3. A diet devoid of certain types of foods that is more carbon friendly as a result.
  4. 4. A measure of environmental effect that individuals can calculate to see the impact of their lifestyle.
  5. 6. Gaseous products of burning fossil fuel, from cars for example.
  6. 7. The process of cutting down the forests.
  7. 12. Large country in Asia that is global renewable energy leader.
  8. 14. A large body of water and carbon sink, absorbing carbon from the atmosphere.
  9. 16. Acronym for auto emissions standards name.