Sustainable Design Vocabulary

Materials or substances that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain. 

An apparatus for burning waste material, esp. industrial waste, to ash at high temperatures. 

The wealth and resources of a country or region

The state of great comfort and extravagant living.

The change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over decades. 

The philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment and services ecologically.

A method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted.

The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another. 

The fact of being required or indispensable.

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. 

Converting waste into reusable material.

The disposal of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering with soil.

All inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.

A dunghill or refuse heap.

A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems, compared to it capacity.

The way in which a person or group lives.

Proper disposition of a discarded material according to local environmental guidelines or laws.

An equitable spatial distribution of burdens and benefits to all groups.