Eco-literacy

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Across
  1. 2. The process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products.
  2. 3. An organized set of doctrines, ideas, or principles usually intended to explain the arrangement or working of a systematic whole.
  3. 7. It refers to the cognitive part of the core competencies in eco literacy.
  4. 9. Whether individual organisms, whole species or entire ecosystems, all life changes over time.
  5. 13. This arises when humans fail to recognize themselves in the world that surrounds them.
  6. 15. The ability of an ecosystem to recover from disturbances.
  7. 16. The removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. It can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use.
  8. 18. Organisms do not survive in isolation. Instead, the web of relationships within any living community determines its collective ability to survive and thrive.
  9. 20. The careful preservation, protection, and management of natural resources and the environment to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect.
  10. 22. Justice Ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to live in a healthy environment, regardless of race, class, or location.
  11. 25. A theory in eco literacy that explores how economic activities, geographical factors, demographics, and group changes shape living patterns and land use.
  12. 26. It guides daily living and has helped societies survive, frequently in delicate ecosystems, for thousands of years.
  13. 28. Anything available in our environment that can be used to fulfill our desires.
  14. 29. Refers to the cognitive part of the core competencies.
  15. 30. Thinking - Necessary to understand complex interdependence and often unpredictable dynamics of ecological systems, social and economic systems and other systems in all levels.
Down
  1. 1. Is the variety of all living things and their interactions. Biodiversity changes over time as extinction occurs and new species evolve.
  2. 4. The steady state of an ecosystem where all organisms are in balance with their environment and with each other.
  3. 5. Refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.
  4. 6. This is what surrounds us. It may be living or non-living things. It includes physical, chemical, and other natural forces.
  5. 8. This is how species within an ecosystem relate to each other, both qualitatively and quantitatively.
  6. 10. Refers to the ability to understand the interconnected natural systems that allow life to thrive on Earth.
  7. 11. – a habitat to many organisms and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
  8. 12. The introduction of harmful materials into the environment.
  9. 14. The management of resources, such as money, materials, and labor
  10. 17. It is under the core competency of ecological literacy that experiences wonder and awe towards nature.
  11. 19. A core competency that creates tools/objects required by sustainable communities.
  12. 21. Simply termed as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
  13. 23. Described as the change in the average conditions such as temperature and rainfall or in a region over a long period of time.
  14. 24. Anything that can be replaced or has no endless supply.
  15. 27. It is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.