Unit 6: Sustainable Design

An apparatus for burning waste material, esp. industrial waste, at high temperatures until it is reduced to ash

• Recycling
• Midden
• Incinerator
• Waste Disposal

A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. It compares human demand with planet Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate

• Ecology
• Ecological Footprint
• Environment

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

• Waste Disposal
• Midden
• Landfill

The fact of being required or indispensable

• Luxury
• Necessity
• Natural Resource

The philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment and services to comply with the principles of economic, social, ad ecological sustainability

• Sustainable Design
• Sustainability
• Recycling

Change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades

• Environmental Justice
• Climate Change
• Sustainable Design

The wealth and resources of a country or region, in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.

• Environment
• Environmental Justice
• Ecology
• Economy

The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings

• Environment
• Ecology
• Environmental Justice
• Ecological Footprint

The way in which a person or group lives

• Lifestyle
• Necessity
• Population
• Luxury

The state of great comfort or extravagant living

• Necessity
• Luxury