Sustainability Cross Word

2. Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
7. The prevention of wasteful use of a resource.
10. The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
11. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
12. Natural movement of air, especially as a source of energy.
14. Pertaining to water, often used when referring to energy generated by water power.
17. The introduction of contaminants into the natural environment causing adverse change.
18. Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain ecological balance.
19. To convert waste into reusable material.
20. A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization.

1. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
3. Decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer.
4. A chemical element that is the basis of all known life.
5. Of, relating to, or determined by the sun.
6. A species or plant that originated in a particular place and was not introduced by humans.
8. Relating to farming without the use of synthetic chemicals.
9. Capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms.
13. A structure with walls and roof made chiefly of transparent material, used to grow plants under controlled conditions.
15. The impact left by a person or group on the environment, often referred to as 'ecological ___'.
16. Energy from sources that naturally replenish.