Vocabulary

2. the action of putting someone or something at risk or in danger.
5. the highest degree awarded by a graduate school or other approved educational organization.
6. an accounting framework that incorporates three dimensions of performance: social, environmental and financial.
7. the action of clearing a wide area of trees.
11. seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.
12. to facilitate positive changes in participants' lives
13. the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center
14. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
16. to set going

1. the process of something becoming worse or weaker, or being made worse or weaker
3. money invested in a business, usually a start-up, that is seen as having strong growth potential
4. the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture
8. the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale
9. an amount of money or property left to someone in a will.
10. energy that comes from a source that won't run out.
15. of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence