A

AA+

Code AA+ on energy labeling of household appliances: green color, where is labeled class A shows the most energy-efficient appliance. In EU countries the label is prescribed by EU Directive 92/75 / EEC.

Related module(s): M4U3.

 

Accidents

Related module(s): M3U1.

 

Actions

Related module(s): M3U2, M3U3, M3U6, M2U6, M4U7, M2U7, M3U6

 

Agriculture

Related module(s): M1U3.

 

Air Pollution

Related module(s): M1U3.

B

Biocapacity

Biocapacity is the ecosystems’ capacity to produce biological materials used by people and to absorb waste material generated by humans.

Related module(s): M1U2, M1U3.

 

Biodiversity

Related module(s): M1U3, M3U1, M6U4, M8U3, M2U1, M6U1.

 

Biologically Productive Areas

The land and water (both marine and inland waters) area that supports significant photosynthetic activity and the accumulation of biomass used by humans. Non-productive areas as well as marginal areas with patchy vegetation are not included. Biomass that is not of use to humans is also not included. The total biologically productive area on land and water in 2013 was approximately 12 billion hectares.

Related module(s): M2U1, M1U1.

 

Built-up land

Related module(s): M2U1.

C

Canning

Related module(s): M6U3.

 

Carbon Footprint

The total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).

Related module(s): M1U1, M2U1.

 

Choices

Related module(s): M7U1.

 

Circular Economy

Related module(s): M6U2.

 

Circular economy systems

A continuous positive development cycle that preserves and enhances natural capital, optimises resource yields, and minimises system risks by managing finite stocks and renewable flows. It works effectively at every scale.

Related module(s): M6U2.

 

Civil Organizations

Related module(s): M8U3, M8U3

 

Climate

Climate is the average weather in a place over many years. While the weather can change in just a few hours, climate takes hundreds, thousands, even millions of years to change.

Related module(s): M1U1 , M8U3.

 

Climate Awareness

Related module(s): M8U2.

 

Climate Injustice

The contribution and impacts of climate change experienced unevenly between countrues. The least major usually affected the most.

Related module(s): M1U3.

 

CO2

Related module(s): M1U1.

 

Coal

Related module(s): M4U1.

 

Coast line

Related module(s): M1U3.

 

Color Rendering Index - Ra

Related module(s): M5U2.

 

Color Temperature - K

Related module(s): M5U2.

 

Comforts

Related module(s): M7U1.

 

Compact Fluorescent Lamp

Related module(s): M5U2.

 

Company-based purchasing

Related module(s): M7U3.

 

Conference of the Parties (COP21)

Related module(s): M8U2.

 

Consequences

Related module(s): M1U3, M2U3

 

Consumer Revolution

Related module(s): M7U1.

 

Consumption

Related module(s): M7U1.

 

Cooking

Related module(s): M5U3.

 

Coral Reefs

Related module(s): M1U3.

D

Drying

Related module(s): M6U3.

E

Earth's atmosphere

Earth's atmosphere is around 500 kilometers but the bit we are interested in lies within 16 km of the surface. The atmosphere is made up by nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%). There are lots of other gases in smaller amounts. These include argon, carbon dioxide, neon, helium, hydrogen etc. Oxygen is required by animals for existence and carbon dioxide is used by plants in photosynthesis.

 

Earth Overshoot Day

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. We maintain this deficit by liquidating stocks of ecological resources and accumulating waste, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Related module(s): M1U2.

 

Eco friendly construction

Uses materials and technology which help optimize energy efficiency of a home and reduce its harmful effect on the environment at the same time.

 

Ecological Deficit

An ecological deficit occurs when the Footprint of a population exceeds the biocapacity of the area available to that population. If there is a regional or national ecological deficit, it means that the region is importing biocapacity through trade or liquidating regional ecological assets, or emitting wastes into a global commons such as the atmosphere.

Related module(s): M2U2, M1U2.

 

Ecological Reserve

Ecological Reserves are areas with special or endangered ecosystems, features and phenomena for protection, research and education.

Related module(s): M2U3, M1U2, M1U3.

 

Ecological Footprint

A measure of how much area of biologically productive land and water an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates, using prevailing technology and resource management practices. The Ecological Footprint is usually measured in global hectares. Because trade is global, an individual or country’s Footprint includes land or sea from all over the world. Without further specification, Ecological Footprint generally refers to the Ecological Footprint of consumption. Ecological Footprint is often referred to in short form as Footprint. “Ecological Footprint” and “Footprint” are proper nouns and thus should always be capitalized.

Related module(s): M2U1, M2U3.

 

Energy Efficiency

Related module(s): M4U1.

 

EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste

Related module(s): M6U2.

 

EU strategy 2030

Related module(s): M6U2.

 

European Union

Related module(s): M3U3, M5U1, M8U1, M8U2.

 

Extraction

Related module(s): M7U2.

F

FAO

Acronym for Food and Agriculture organization of the United nations established in 1943. Their main mission is to help eliminate hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition and enable inclusive and efficent agricultural and food system around the world.

Related module(s): M6U2.

 

Floods

Related module(s): M8U2.

G

Green Building

(also known as green construction or sustainable building) refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition.

Related module(s): M4U1.

 

Greenhouse effect

The greenhouse effect is in effect a thermal multiplier. As various sun heat absorbant gasses (mainly CO2) build in the atmosphere they emit infrared radiation back in towards the surface in an ever increasing rate.

Related module(s):M1U1, M8U1, M8U3.

 

Glaciers

Related module(s): M1U3.

 

Global Food Demand

Related module(s): M6U4.

 

Global Food Security 2030

Related module(s): M6U4.

H

Habitat Fragmentation

Related module(s): M3U1.

 

Halogen Lamp

Related module(s):M5U2.

 

Heating

Related module(s): M4U1.

I

Incandescent Lamp

Related module(s): M5U2.

 

Industrial Revolution

Related module(s):M7U1.

 

Insulation

Related module(s): M4U1, M4U2, M4U3.

K

Kilowatthour

Related module(s): M5U1, M5U2.

 

KYOTO PROTOCOL

Related module(s):M8U2.

L

LED lamp

Related module(s): M5U2.

 

Leftover food

Related module(s):M6U3.

 

Local Businesses

Related module(s): M6U2, M8U3.

 

Local Communities

Related module(s): M7U2, M7U3.

 

Lumen

Related module(s): M5U2.

M

Materials Efficiency

Related module(s): M4U1.

 

Meteorology

Related module(s): M1U1.

 

Methane

Natural methane is found both below ground and under the sea floor. While methane doesn’t linger as long in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, it is initially far more devastating to the climate because of how effectively it absorbs heat.For this reason, it’s considered a greenhouse gas, like carbon dioxide.

Related module(s): M1U1.

 

Monoculture

The agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species in a field or farming system at a time. The practice has been criticized for its environmental effects and for putting the food supply chain at risk. Continous monocolture can lead to the quicker buildup of pests and diesies.

 

Montreal Protocol

Related module(s): M8U2.

 

Mosquitos

Related module(s): M1U3.

 

Multinational Enterpizes

Related module(s): M8U2.

N

National Governments/Strategies

Related module(s): M8U2.

 

Natural Capital

Related module(s): M6U4.

 

Natural Gas

Related module(s): M4U1.

 

Negative Purchasing

Related module(s): M7U3.

 

Noice

Related module(s): M3U1.

O

Oil

Related module(s): M4U1.

 

Organic Waste

Related module(s): M2U1.

P

Passive house

Is standard for energy efficiency in a building, reducing its ecological footprint. . It results in ultra-low energy builidngs that require little energy for space heating or cooling.

 

Palm Oil

Related module(s): M7U3.

 

Personal Actions

Related module(s): M6U3.

 

Positive Buying

Related module(s): M7U3.

 

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Synthetic organic compounds from the group of chlorinated cyclical hydrocarbons. They cause Irritation of the mucous membranes of the throat, nose and eyes, and they are proven carcinogen. Due to its very good technological properties, PCBs are widely used as additives for plastics, production of pesticides and insecticides tre thermal insulation.

 

Prevention

Related module(s): M8U2.

 

Production

Related module(s): M7U2.

 

Public Space

Related module(s): M3U1.

R

Radiation

In physics radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space. In case of food waste sun radiation accelerate and enable production of methane

Related module(s): M1U1.

 

Re-Use

Related module(s): M6U3.

S

Sea Levels

Related module(s): M8U3.

 

Standby losses

Related module(s): M5U1.

 

Sunshine

Related module(s): M4U3.

 

Sustainability

Related module(s): M7U1.

 

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Related module(s): M6U2.

 

Sustainable Mobility

Related module(s): M3U2, M3U3.

T

Technological Advancements

Related module(s): M7U1.

 

Technologies

Related module(s): M6U2.

 

Thermal Conductivity

Related module(s): M4U2.

 

Tourism

Related module(s): M8U2.

 

Trade

Related module(s): M7U3.

 

Traffic Jams

Related module(s): M3U1, M3U3.

U

U Value

Related module(s): M4U2.

 

United Nations

Related module(s): M8U2.

 

USA

Related module(s): M7U3.

V

Vehicles

Related module(s): M3U1, M3U2, M3U3.

 

Ventilation

Related module(s): M4U2.

W

Washing

Related module(s): M5U3.

 

Waste

Related module(s): M6U1, M6U2, M7U2, M8U3.

 

Water Efficiency

Related module(s): M4U1, M8U3.

 

Water Footprint

The water footprint measures the amount of water used to produce each of the goods and services we use. It can be measured for a single process, such as growing rice, for a product, such as a pair of jeans, for the fuel we put in our car, or for an entire multi-national company. The water footprint can also tell us how much water is being consumed by a particular country – or globally – in a specific river basin or from an aquifer.

Related module(s): M2U1, M8U3, M2U1, M8U3, M1U2, M1U3, M1U1.

 

Water Management

Related module(s): M1U3, M2U1, M2U3, M4U1, M5U3, M6U1.

 

Water Vapor

Related module(s): M8U1.

 

Windowpanes

Related module(s): M4U3.

 

World Population Growth

Related module(s): M2U3.

Z

Zero Energy Buildings

Related module(s): M4U3, M8U2.

 

Zerowaste Europe

Related module(s): M6U2.

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