Across
- 6. Managing natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance
- 11. A period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come
- 13. Decayed organic material used as a fertilizer for growing plants
- 20. The action or state of making or being made impure by polluting or poisoning
- 21. A small container of coffee, recyclable if made of aluminium
- 22. To make smaller or less in amount
- 23. The intern-led project to reduce trash in ITC
- 24. Materials or substances occurring in nature, whose use must be carefully balanced with the stability of the ecosystem
- 26. Environmentally friendly
Down
- 1. The release of greenhouse gases and/or their precursors into the atmosphere over a specified area and period of time
- 2. The action of clearing a wide area of trees
- 3. The impact of a person or community on the environment
- 4. A settled or regular tendency or practice
- 5. The natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity
- 7. Capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms and thereby avoiding pollution
- 8. A result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
- 9. The state of being accountable
- 10. Preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment and of wildlife
- 12. The place to put what cannot be reused, recycled or composted
- 14. Unwanted or unusable material, substances or by-products
- 15. The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects
- 16. A natural resource or source of energy that is not depleted by use, such as water, wind, or solar power
- 17. To use again
- 18. To get rid of something
- 19. A modification of global or regional climate patterns, observable especially from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels
- 25. Convert (waste) into reusable material