Eco Terms A to Z
From aeroponics to zero waste, Treehugger's comprehensive glossary of environmental words is your guide to sustainability lingo.
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- Calif. Environmental Quality Act
- Calif. Toxic Free Cosmetics Act
- Car Sharing
- Carbon Capture + Storage
- Carbon Credit
- Carbon Dioxide
- Carbon Insetting
- Carbon Monoxide
- Carbon Offset
- Carbon Sequestration
- Carbon Tax
- Carrying Capacity
- Circumhorizontal Arc
- Citizen Science
- Clean Beauty
- Clean Coal Technology
- Clean Water Act
- Climate Resilience
- Climate Sensitivity
- Closed Loop Recycling
- Cloud Seeding
- Coal Ash
- Cob House
- Commingled Recycling
- Community Fridge
- Community Solar
- Community-Based Tourism
- Companion Planting
- Compost
- Composting
- Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
- Consignment Shop
- Controlled Burn
- Contructed Wetlands
- Coral Bleaching
- Corn Plastic
- Cradle To Cradle
- Cruelty-Free
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E
- E-Waste
- Earth Day
- Earth Overshoot Day
- Echolocation
- Eco-Friendly Technology
- Ecocide
- Ecological Footprint
- Ecotourism
- Elastane
- Electric Cars
- Embodied Energy
- Endandered Species
- Endangered Species Act
- Energy Vampires
- Environmental Racism
- Environmental Science
- Experiential Tourism
- Extended Producer Responsibility
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P
- Parital Zero Emissions Vehicle
- Particulate Matter (PM)
- Passive House
- Passive Solar Heating
- Peak Oil
- Permafrost
- Permian Exinction
- Persistent Organic Pollutants
- Petrolatum
- PFAS
- Phenology
- Phthalates
- Pioneer Species
- Piñatex Leather
- Planned Obsolescence
- Plant Blindness
- Plastic Recycling
- Plasticulture
- Plogging
- Poaching
- Polluter Pays Principle
- Pre-Consumer Waste
- Public Lands
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- Salt Water Disposal Well
- Selective Breeding
- Silicone
- Slash and Burn Agriculture
- Slow Fashion
- Snowmelt
- Soil Pollution
- Solar Air Conditioning
- Solar Canopy
- Solar Charge Controller
- Solar Collector
- Solar Energy
- Solar Monitoring
- Solar Ovens
- Solar Panel Efficiency
- Solar Panels
- Solar Pond
- Solar Racking
- Solar Sailing
- Solar Tower
- Storm Surge
- Straw Bale Construction
- Stream Protection Rule
- Sustainable
- Sustainable Tourism