Ecological Footprint
natural resource
a material that humans take from the environment to survive, to satisfy their needs, or to trade with others
human footprint
an single person's lifetime use of natural resources
green
environmentally safe and sustainable
environmental degradation
exceeding a renewable resources's natural replacement rate
nonrenewable resource
exist in a fixed quantity within the Earth's crust and takes millions of years to renew
recycling
involves the collecting of waste materials and processing them into new materials
per capita ecological footprint
is the average ecological footprint of an individual in a given country or area
conservation
is the management of natural resources with the goal of minimizing resource waste and sustaining supplies for current and future generations
culture
is the whole of society's knowledge, beliefs, technology, and practices
reuse
is using a resource over and over in the same form.
perpetual resource
renewed immediately and continuously
renewable resource
replenished rather quickly within minutes to decades through natural processes as long as it is not used up faster than renewed
ecological footprint
the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to supply the people in a particular country or area with renewable resources and to absorb and recycle the wastes and pollution produced by resource use
carbon footprint
the measurable total impact on one or more people on the environment
recycle
to clean or process in order to make suitable for reuse
water footprint
total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community
energy consumption
use of power, usually produced by humans in plants run on electricity, fossil fuels, or nuclear fission