Across
- 1. “cradle-to-grave” approach for assessing the environmental impact of industrial systems
- 4. environmental, economic, and social problems are interrelated and therefore their solutions must be integrated
- 7. maintaining at a certain rate, avoiding the depletion of natural resources to maintain ecological balance
- 12. a system meant to limit emissions and put a price on them
- 13. to use more than once
- 14. Environmental ______ is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people
- 15. the use of material, processes, or practices that eliminates or reduces the quantity and toxicity of wastes at the source of generation
- 16. the process of converting waste into reusable material
- 18. focuses on humankind’s relationship with the natural world
- 19. genetic material that has been altered using genetic engineering
- 20. a policy of producing consumer goods that rapidly become obsolete and so require replacing
Down
- 2. a tax on fossil fuels intended to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide
- 3. is the study of material and energy flows through industrial systems
- 5. study of financial impact of environmental policies
- 6. the main goals of this is to eliminate waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use and regenerate natural systems
- 8. process of understanding how things, regarded as systems, influence one another within a whole
- 9. this is a self-reporting framework for helping colleges and universities track and measure their sustainability progress.
- 10. These gases absorb infrared radiation
- 11. a private certification of for-profit companies of their "social and environmental performance."
- 16. make smaller or less in amount
- 17. is a practice that learns from and mimics the strategies found in nature to solve human design challenges