The Language Of Going Green

This article presents a glossary of “green” consumer technology, including some with particular relevance to animal-related issues: community-supported agriculture, biomimicry, freegan, locavore, slow food, and others.

A lexicon of terms commonly used in the environmental “green” movement, including the following:

100-mile diet, alternative energy, bidogradable, biodiesel, biomimicry, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, carbon neutral, carbon sequestration, carbon offsets, climate change, community-supported agriculture, compact flourescent light bulb, compostable, corporate social responsibility, cradle to cradle, downcycled, e-waste, energy efficient, energy star, fair trade, freegan, geothermal energy, gray water, greenhouse effect, greenwashing, global warming, guerilla gardening, hybrid car, hydroelectric, hypermilling, LEED, locavore, LOHAS, negawatt, nuclear energy, off-gas, off grid/off the grid, organic, phantom power, pre-consumer, post-consumer, recycling, slow food, solar power, socially responsible investing, sustainable, triple bottom line, upcycled, and wind power.