| 1. THE ACT OF PROMOTING THE RESPONSIBLE, RENEWABLE CONSUMPTION OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE EARTH TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES FROM CONTAMINATION OR DEPLETION(CONSERVATION) |
2. THE ACT OF USING, OFTEN TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE PLANETS NATURAL RESOURCES(CONSUMPTION) |
| 3. WHEN THE ENVIRONMENT OR AN ECOSYSTEM HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF A HARMFUL, OFTEN TOXIC SUBSTANCE DESTROYING A NATURAL RESOURCE AND THE DEPENDANT PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE(CONTAMINATION) |
4. THE EFFECT OF ALTERING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, MOSTLY BY OVERPOPULATION, OVER-CULTIVATING, ALTERING THE NATURAL FLOW OF WATER, AND INTRODUCTION OF NON-NATIVE PLANT LIFE; DEGRADING THE SOIL TO THE POINT IT CAN NO LONGER SUSTAIN LIFE CAUSING DRY(DESERTIFICATION) |
| 5. THE BENEFICIAL, BALANCED INTERACTION AND INTERDEPENDENCY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ORGANISMS THAT LIVE WITHIN IT(ECOSYSTEM) |
6. THE OVER-CONSUMPTION AND MISUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES(EXPLOITATION) |
| 7. CAUSING A PLANT OR ANIMAL SPECIES OR ORGANISM TO NO LONGER EXIST, USUALLY DUE TO OVER-HUNTING OR DESTRUCTION OF AN ECOSYSTEM(EXTINCTION) |
8. THE PROCESS BY WHICH A SOCIETY IS TRANSFORMED FROM A PRE-INDUSTRIAL STATE TO AN INDUSTRIAL ONE, OFTEN CAUSING A RISE IN POLLUTION AND ILL EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT(INDUSTRIALIZATION) |
| 9. ANY SUBSTANCE RELATING TO OR ORIGINATING FROM A LIVING ORGANISM(ORGANIC) |
10. THE HARMFUL, OFTEN TOXIC, HUMAN PRODUCED CONTAMINATES THAT DISRUPT OR DESTROY AN ECOSYSTEM OR NATURAL RESOURCE(POLLUTION) |
| 11. THE ACT OF PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS RESOURCES BY REMOVING ALL HUMAN INFLUENCE OR INTERACTION(PRESERVATION) |
12. TO CREATE NEW PRODUCTS BY REUSING AND PROCESSING USED MATERIALS(RECYCLE) |
| 13. A NATURAL RESOURCE THAT CAN BE REPLENISHED VIA NATURAL PROCESSES(RENEWABLE) |
14. TO USE A RESOURCE VIA METHODS THAT DO NOT DEPLETE THE SUPPLY OF THE RESOURCE(SUSTAINABLE) |
| 15. THE OFTEN TOXIC BY-PRODUCT PRODUCED BY VARIOUS INDUSTRIALIZED ACTIVITIES THAT ARE USUALLY VERY HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND CAUSE CONTAMINATION(WASTE) |