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1 Environmental ethic
2 Intrinsic value
3 Instrumental value
4 Environmental sustainability remain healthy and able to support its role in
5 Ethical norms
6 wetland
7 Hectares
8 Ecolabels
9 Ethical sourcing
Defintion
The study and practice of actions that contribute
to the well-being of the natural world and
human society.
Value within an object itself.
Value in the use of an object to accomplish
something.
The use of natural resources without
compromising the ability of the resource to
ecosystem structure and function and meet the
reasonable needs of future human generations.
Moral criteria in the form of principles, goals,
and virtues used to evaluate the rightness,
goodness, or virtuous quality of human action.
[wetlands]: Aquatic ecosystems such as
swamps, bogs, and marshes where water either
covers the soil or is present at or near the
surface, particularly in the root zone, at least a
good portion of the year, including the growing
season. Wetlands play key roles including acting
as filters, removing pollutants, including metals,
from waters. They serve as reservoirs, and they
aid flood and erosion control by absorbing
excess water. Wetlands are home to a great
variety of plant and animal species, some
endangered, that have evolved to live in the
wetland's unique conditions.
[hectare]: A unit of area in the metric system
that is equal to 10,000 square meters or 2.47
acres.
[EKOlabels]: A product label which identifies
overall, proven environmental preference of a
product or service within a specific
product/service category.
Conducting manufacturing business according
to high standards of integrity and ethics and in
compliance with local laws, regulations and
industry standards, ensuring that the products
being sourced are created in safe facilities by
workers who are treated well and paid fair
wages to work legal hours.
 [sustainability certification]: An official
confirmation by a designated, reputable group
10 Sustainability certifications that certain persons or organizations have the
requisite knowledge and follow the accepted
practices of environmental sustainability.

The sum total of those conditions of the natural

world and of humanitys physical, social, and
11 Common good spiritual life which allow social groups and their
individual members the relatively free and equal
ability to achieve a fulfilled live.

The moral principle that the availability, or

'destination', of goods necessary for human life
is 'universal'; that is, basic goods such as water,
12 Universal destination of goods
food, air, shelter and clothing cannot be
withheld from human beings who are in
absolute need

[preferential option of care for the poor]: The

moral principle that people in absolute need of
13 Preferential option for the poor
the basic goods of life should be given priority
in caregiving.

Areas of the oceans or Great Lakes that are

14 Marine Protected Areas
protected by law for a conservation purpose.

coral reef]: A mound or ridge of living coral,

15 Coral reefs typically found in warm, shallow sea waters and
rising to or near the surface.

The moral virtue of exercising strength for good

16 Courage
purposes in circumstances of opposition

17 Temperance The moral virtue of moderation.

The moral virtue of compassion and assistance

18 Kindness to others.
The quality of being thankful; readiness to show
19 Gratitude appreciation for and to return kindness.
The moral virtue of selfless giving and sharing.
20 Generosity

The moral virtue of good decision-making with

21 Prudence respect for all circumstances
The moral virtue of fairness in relation to
22 Justice persons, society, and the natural world
 [religion]: The social expression of an
experience of a God, gods, spiritual power in the
23 Religions form of community organization, worship, and
shared beliefs and moral practices

[spiritual tradition]: Customs or beliefs

transmitted from generation to generation about
24 Spiritual traditions the non-physical strength of a sacred object,
process, or being.

An awareness of a non-physical strength

25 considered to be expressed in a sacred object,
Spiritual experience
process, or being.

A non-physical strength considered to be

26 Spiritual power expressed in a sacred object, process, or being.
In a religious sense, a traditional and meaningful
series of actions performed according to a
prescribed order that serve to bring the
27 Ritual participants in close relationship with the source
of their religious experience

Communities of human beings with distinct

28 Indigenous People cultures linked to lands later colonized and
settled by non-indigenous human groups

Physical locations that are considered to possess

29 Sacred places a supreme value that cannot be wholly measured
by human standards.

The religious faith of Muslims, based on the

words and religious system founded by the
prophet Muhammad and taught by the Qur'an
30 Islam the basic principle of which is absolute
submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.

A term in Islam attributing Oneness to Allah and

describing Him as being One and Unique, with
31 Tawheed no partner or peer in His Essence and Attributes

The perfect and all-powerful spirit or being that

is worshipped especially by Christians, Jews,
32 God and Muslims as the one who created and rules
the universe.

The Muslim name for God; the one Supreme

33 Allah Being
 [Quran]: The sacred text of Islam, divided into
114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of
God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel
34 Qur'an Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of
Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics

[Hima]: In Islam, an area set aside for the

conservation of nature, typically including
35 Himas fields, wildlife, and forests.

A rite of passage in some Native American

cultures that provides a person with a deep
36 Vision quest understanding of their life purpose

Dualistic religion founded in the 6th century

B.C. as a revolt against current Hinduism and
37 Jainism emphasizing asceticism and nonviolence toward
all living creatures.

Philosophical, ethical, political and religious

tradition of Chinese origin that emphasizes
38 Taoism living in harmony with the Tao, meaning "way",
"path" or "principle".
A religion developed among the ancient
Hebrews and characterized by belief in one
transcendent God who has revealed himself to
39 Judaism Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets and
by a religious life in accordance with Scriptures
and rabbinic traditions.

The religion based on the person and teachings

40 Christianity of Jesus of Nazareth
[Taiga forests]: The coniferous or evergreen
forest biomes of subarctic lands, covering vast
41 Taiga areas of Russia, northern North America and
Eurasia
A broad, regional type of ecosystem
characterized by distinctive climate and soil
conditions and a distinctive kind of biological
42 Biomes community adapted to those conditions.
Examples include deserts, tropical rain forests,
and grasslands.
43 A vast semiarid grass-covered plain, as found in
southeast Europe, Siberia, and central North
Steppe
America

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere over

a short period of time; weather can change from
44 Weather minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and
season-to-season.
 The composite or generally prevailing weather
conditions of a region, as temperature, air
45 Climate pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine,
cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year,
averaged over a series of years.

The envelope of gases that surrounds the Earth;

consists largely of nitrogen (78%) and oxygen
46 Atmosphere
(21%)

Climatologists study climate change, climate

variability, and the effects of climate on the
biosphere. They use computers to predict the
47 Climatologists effect of weather or climate on the growth and
development of grain, vegetables, fruit, and
other crops.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC) is the leading international
scientific body for the assessment of climate
Intergovernmental Panel on change. It reviews and assesses the most recent
48 scientific, technical and socio-economic
Climate Change
information produced worldwide relevant to the
understanding of climate change.

Established in 1972, UNEP is the voice for the

environment within the United Nations system.
United Nations Environment UNEP acts as a catalyst, advocate, educator and
49 facilitator to promote the wise use and
Programme
sustainable development of the global
environment
A specialized agency of the United Nations, the
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
was established in 1950. It is the UN's
World Meteorological authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of
50 the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the
Organization
oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting
distribution of water resources.

The simple mathematical average of a set of two

51 Mean or more numbers.

[paleoclimate]: Climates in the geological past.

52 Paleoclimates
 The Vostok ice core was drilled from a site
considered one of the least hospitable sites on
Earth, since its altitude is 3,500 meters and its
average yearly temperature is minus 55 C. The
53 Vostok ice core study analysis of this ice core provides a record of the
atmosphere during the last four climatic cycles

A type of long-wave radiation that extends from

the red edge of the visible spectrum. Earth emits
longwave radiation because Earth is cooler than
54 long wave infrared radiation the sun. When solar radiation reaches Earth the
ground heats up and re-emits energy as
longwave radiation in the form of infrared rays.

The radiant energy emitted by the sun from the

nuclear fusion reaction at the sun's core. The amount
of solar radiation that reaches the Earth's surface is
55 Short wavelength radiation impacted by factors like season, time of day,
latitude, water vapor, clouds, and pollution

The fraction of solar energy (shortwave

radiation) that is reflected from the Earth back
into space. Ice, especially with snow on top of
it, has a high albedo; most sunlight hitting the
56 Albedo Earth's surface bounces back towards space.
Water and land are much more absorbent and
less reflective, so have lower albedo.

A phenomenon in which the atmosphere of a

planet traps radiation emitted by its sun, caused
by gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor,
57 Greenhouse effect and methane that allow incoming sunlight to
pass through but retain heat radiated back from
the planet's surface.
Fuels that are formed in the Earth from plant or
58 Fossil fuels animal remains; e.g., coal, petroleum, and
natural gas.
The transition to new manufacturing processes
in the period from about 1760 to between 1820
and 1840. This transition included progressing
from hand production methods to machines,
new chemical manufacturing and iron
Industrial Revolution production processes, improved efficiency of
59
water power, the increasing use of steam power,
and the development of machine tools. These
changes were fueled by coal and fossil
petroleum.
 The artificial application of water to land to
60 Irrigation assist in the production of crops.