Mini – dictionary
of sustainable management
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Cooler World
A
C
Ecomunicipalities
Accountability
Carrying capacity
Economic dimension
Agriculture
Compostable
Ecosystem
Air pollution
Compost toilets
Eco villages
Automation
Conserve (to)
Energy saving lamps
B
Cross-cultural experience
Environmental badge
Bearable
D
Environmentalist
Basic needs
Deforestation
Environmental
sustainability
Bio-diversity
E
Earth charter
Alphabetical index
Equitable
Ethical values
Extinctions
F
H
Food processing
Hydraulic turbines
Light pollution
Forestry
I
Living conditions
Fossil fuels
Industrial
revolution
Long term capacity
G
Intergenerational
equity
Genetic diversity
L
M
Pollution
Management of human
Population control
consumption
Mechanical engineering Poverty
Revive growth
S
Scrappage bonus
Meet needs
Preserve(to)
N
R
Social dimension
Radioactive
contamination
Soil contamination
Renewable energies
Solar chimney power
plants
Natural cycles
Noise pollution
P
Photovoltaics
Resource base
Self sufficient
Sustainability
V
Sustainable
development
Viable
Sustainable tourism
W
Synthetic fertilizer
Waste separation
T
Water pollution
Transition
Water shortage
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Accountability is a new social
standard for building
sustainability. AccountAbility
1000 is a not-for-profit
certification and research
organization founded in the UK
in 1995. The 1000 Series is
AccounAbility’s guidelines for
reporting on social,
environmental and ethical
performance.
Accountability
1000
Vastuullisuus (fi)
Responsabilité (fr)
Rechenschaftspflicht
(ge)
Responsabilità (it)
Zodpovednosť (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Agriculture is the economic
activity that consists in the
cultivation of species vegetables.
The main purpose of agriculture is
to obtain produced of the plants to
use to alimentary scope or not, but
other purposes are
possible also that
they do not preview
necessarily the
removal of the
products.
Agriculture
Maatalous (fi)
Agriculture (fr)
Landwirtschaft(ge)
Agricoltura (it)
Poľnohospodárstvo (sk)
Alphabetical index
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The release of chemicals
and particulates into the
atmosphere. Common
gaseous pollutants include
carbon monoxide, sulfur
dioxide,chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) and nitrogen oxides
produced by industry and
motor vehicles.
Photochemical ozone and
smog are created as
nitrogen oxides and
hydrocarbons
react to sunlight.
Air Pollution
Ilmansaasteet (fi)
Pollution de l’air (fr)
Luftverschmutzung (ge)
Inquinamento atmosferico (it)
Znečistenie ovzdušia (sk)
Alphabetical index
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The term identification technology
that uses automation control
systems (such as logic circuits or
processors) to control machines
and processes, reducing the need
for human intervention. It is
accomplished by performing
repetitive tasks or complex, but
even if you have to call security or
certainty of the Tourism is the
practice, the action taken by those
traveling and visiting places for the
purpose of entertainment,
knowledge and education. action
or simply for convenience.
Automation
Automaatio (fi)
Automatisation (fr)
die Automation (ge)
Automazione (it)
Automatizácia (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Capable of being borne though
unpleasant. In reference to the
sustainability the term indicate it
can / need to adopt best practice
to do e.g. “the weather more
bearable”.
Bearable
Siedettävää (fi)
Durable (fr)
Erträglich (Ge)
Sopportabile (it)
Znesiteľný (sk)
Alphabetical index
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The basic needs approach is one
of the major approaches to the
measurement of absolute poverty.
It attempts to define the absolute
minimum resources necessary for
long-term physical well being,
usually in terms of consumption
goods. A traditional list of
immediate "basic needs" is food
(including water), shelter, and
clothing. Many modern lists
emphasize the minimum level of
consumption of 'basic needs' of not
just food, water and shelter, but
sanitation, education and
healthcare
Basic needs
Perustarpeet( fi)
Besoins fondamentaux (fr)
Grundbedürfnisse (ge)
Bisogni fondamentali (it)
Základné potreby (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Biodiversity is the degree of
variation of life forms within a
given ecosystem, biome or an
whole planet. Rapid environmental
changes generally cause
extinctions. The 99.9 percent of
species that existed on Earth are
now extinct.
Bio-diversity
Biologisen (fi)
Bio diversité (fr)
Biologische Vielfalt (ge)
Bio-diversità (it)
Bio-diverzita (sk)
Alphabetical index
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The carrying capacity of a
biological species in an
environment is the population size
of the species that the
environment can sustain
indefinitely, given the food,
habitat, water and other
necessities available in the
environment. In population
biology, carrying capacity is
defined as the environment's
maximal load, which is different
from the concept of population
equilibrium.
Carrying
capacity
Sietokykyä (fi)
Capacité de charge (fr)
Tragkraft (ge)
Capacità di carico (it)
Nosnosť (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Climate change is a long-term
change in the statistical
distribution of weather patterns
over periods of time that range
from decades to millions of years.
n recent usage, especially in the
context of environmental policy,
climate change usually refers to
changes in modern climate. It may
be qualified as anthropogenic
climate change, more generally
known as global warming or
anthropogenic global warming
Climate change
Ilmastonmuutos (fi)
Changement climatique(fr)
Klimawandel (ge)
Cambiamento climatico (it)
Klimatická zmena (sk)
Alphabetical index
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This is pretty close to
biodegradable plastic but
"greener". The plastic to be
considered as compostable, it
must be able to break down into
carbon dioxide, water and biomass
at the same rate as paper. It also
needs to look like compost, should
not produce any toxic material and
should be able to support plant
life. Compostable items are made
from plant materials such as corn,
potato, cellulose, soy and sugar.
Compostable
Kompostoitavat (fi)
Compostables (fr)
Kompostierbar (ge)
Compostabili (it)
Kompostovateľný (sk)
Alphabetical index
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A composting toilet is an aerobic
processing system that treats
excreta, typically with no water or
small volumes of flush water, via
composting or managed aerobic
decomposition. This is usually a
faster process than the anaerobic
decomposition at work in most
wastewater systems, such as
septic systems.
Compost toilets
Komposti wc (fi)
Compost toilettes (fr)
Kompost- toiletten(ge)
Compost toilette (it)
Suchý záchod (sk)
Alphabetical index
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From the latin word “conservare”,
comp. from “cum” (with) and
“servare”(to look after ). In
sustainability this term refers to
water conservation, energy,
biodiversity, etc.
Conserve
Conserver (fi)
Conserver (fr)
Erhaltung (ge)
Conservare (it)
Zachovať (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Cross cultural communication
gives opportunities to share
ideas, experiences, and different
perspectives and perception by
interacting with local people.
Cross-cultural
experience
Monikulttuurisen kokemuksia
(fi)
Expériences interculturelles
(fr)
Interkulturelle Erfahrungen
(ge)
Esperienze interculturali (it)
Interkultúrna skúsenosť (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Deforestation is the removal of a
forest or stand of trees where the
land is thereafter converted to a no
forest use. Examples of
deforestation include conversion of
forestland to agriculture or urban
use.
Deforestation
Metsäkadon (fi)
Déforestation (fr)
Abforstung (ge)
Deforestazione (it)
Odlesňovanie (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Is an Unesco document that
suggests us, how we can build
building a just, sustainable and
peaceful global society in the 21st
century. This document is an
agreement among the people of
the world. The Earth Charter is a
declaration of fundamental ethical
principles to inspire in all people a
new sense of global
interdependence and shared
responsibility for the well-being of
the future generations. It is a
vision of hope and a call to action.
The Earth
charter
Maan charter (fi)
La Charte de la Terre (fr)
Die Erd-Charta (ge)
La Carta della Terra (it)
Charta Zeme (sk)
Alphabetical index
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An eco-municipality, (also known
as an eco-town) is a local
government area that has adopted
ecological and social justice values
in its charter. An eco-municipality
is a sustainable development
project that recognizes that issues
of sustainability are key to all
decisions made by government.
Ecomunicipality
Ecomunicipality (fi –ge)
Municipalités éco logiques(fr)
Ecomunicipalità (it)
Eko-obce (sk)
Alphabetical index
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The economic dimension is, with
the social and environmental
impacts, one of the key aspects of
sustainable development.
Sustainability interfaces with
economics through the social and
ecological consequences of
economic activity. Social, cultural,
health-related and
monetary/financial aspects have to
be integrated into the analysis.
Economic
dimension
Taloudellinen ulottuvuus (fi)
Dimension économique (fr)
Wirtschaftliche Dimension (ge)
Dimensione economica (it)
Ekonomický rozmer (sk)
Alphabetical index
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An ecosystem is a biological
environment consisting of all the
organisms living in a particular
area, as well as all the nonliving,
physical components (abiotic) of
the environment with which the
organisms interact, such as air,
soil, water, and sunlight.
Ecosystem
Ekosysteemiä (fi)
Écosystème (fr)
Ökosystem (ge)
Ecosistema (it)
Ekosystém (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Ecovillages are intentional
communities with the goal of
becoming more socially,
economically and ecologically
sustainable. Some aim for a
population of 50–150 individuals
because this size is considered to
be the maximum social network
according to findings from
sociology and antropology.
Ecovillage members are united
by shared economical, socialeconomic and cultural-spiritual
values. An ecovillage is often
composed of people who have
chosen an alternative to
centralized electrical, water, and
sewage systems.
Ecovillages
Eco kylät (fi)
Eco villages (fr)
Ökodörfer (ge)
Ecovillaggi (it)
Eko-obce (sk)
Alphabetical index
Energy saving
lamps
Energiansäästölamput (fi)
Lampes à économie d'énergie (fr)
Energiespar- lampen (ge)
Lampade a risparmio energetico (it)
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Also called compact fluorescent
lamps (CFL). These lamps are
particular because they have
indirect lighting issued by vapor of
mercury.
Compared to general service
incandescent lamps giving the
same amount of visible light, but
they use less power and have a
longer rated life.
Energeticky úsporné žiarivky (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Already from March 1, 2007
onwards, vehicle restrictions in
environmental green zones can be
issued in cities and local districts in
Germany. Therefore the respective
zones were specially marked as
being green zones by the city or
municipality. The first
environmental green zones are
coming into force as of January 1,
2008 in the cities Berlin, Cologne,
and Hanover. As from this date on
Germany as well as foreign
vehicles are no longer permitted to
enter these zones without the
environmental badge.
Environmental
badge
Ambientali badge (fi)
Badge environnemental(fr)
Umwelt- plakette (ge)
Badge ambientale (it)
Ekologická značka (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Are people who work to protect the
environment and try to protect the
natural world from effects of our
industrialized societies.
Environmentalist
Ympäristönäkökohdilla (fi)
Environnemental (fr)
Umweltschützer (ge)
Ambientalista (it)
Ekológ (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Environment Sustainability is
one of the three dimensions of the
sustainability, that are:
environmental, economic, and
social . For humans, sustainability
is the potential for long-term
maintenance of well being.
Environment
sustainability
Ympäristön kestävän (fi)
Environnement durable(fr)
Nachhaltigkeit im
Umweltbereich (ge)
Sostenibilità ambientale (it)
Trvalá udržateľnosť životného
prostredia (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Having or exhibiting equity
Equitable
Oikeudenmukainen (fi)
Equitable (fr)
Angemessen(ge)
Adeguato /Equo (it)
Rovnocenný (sk)
Alphabetical index
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In ethics, value is a property of
objects, including physical objects
as well as abstract objects (e.g.
actions), representing their degree
of importance.
Ethical value denotes
something's degree of importance,
with the aim of determining what
action or life is best to do or live,
or at least attempt to describe the
value of different actions.
Ethical values
Eettisten arvot (fi)
Valeurs éthiques (fr)
Ethische Werte (ge)
Valori etici (it)
Etické hodnoty (sk)
Alphabetical index
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In biology and ecology, extinction
is the end of an organism or of a
group of organisms, normally a
species. The moment of extinction
is generally considered to be the
death of the last individual of the
group (although the capacity to
breed and recover may have been
lost before this point).
Extinctions
Sukupuuttoihin (fi)
Extinctions (fr)
Aussterben (ge)
Estinzioni (it)
Vymieranie (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Food processing is the set of
methods and techniques used to
transform the first ingredients in
food or to transform food into
other forms of consumption by
humans or animals, at home or by
food processing industries.
Processing food typically takes
clean, harvested or slaughtered
animal products and uses them to
produce attractive, marketable and
often long-term food on the
market. Similar processes are used
to produce animal feed.
Food processing
Elintarvike (fi)
Transformation des aliments (fr)
Die Lebensmittelverarbeitung (ge)
Trasformazione degli alimenti(it)
Spracovanie potravín (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Forestry is the art and science of
managing forests, tree plantations,
and related natural resources. The
main goal of forestry is to create
and implement systems that allow
forests to continue a sustainable
continuation of environmental
supplies and services.
Forestry
Metsätalousministeri (fi)
Forestal (fr)
Forstwirtschaft (ge)
Silvicoltura (it)
Lesníctvo (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Fossil fuels are the fuels formed
by natural resources derived by
the decomposed remains of
prehistoric organisms.
Generally these fossil are formed
by the fossilized remains of dead
plants and animals that are
exposed at heat and pressure in
the Earth's crust over millions of
years.
Fossil fuels
Fossiilisten polttoaineiden (fi)
Combustibles fossiles (fr)
Fossiler Brennstoffe (ge)
Combustibili fossili (it)
Fosílne palivá (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Genetic diversity is the variation
of heritable characteristics present
in a population of the same
species. It serves an important
role in evolution by allowing a
species to adapt to a new
environment and to fight off
parasites. It is applicable to
domesticated species, which
typically have low levels of
genetic diversity.
Studying genetic
diversity in humans
can help researchers
form theories on
human origins.
Genetic
diversity
Geneettisen
monimuotoisuuden (fi)
La diversité génétique (fr)
der genetischen Vielfalt (ge)
Diversità genetica (it)
Genetická rozmanitosť (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Global warming is the increase in
the average temperature of Earth’s
near-surface air and oceans since
the mid-20th-century. According to
the 2007 Fourth Assessment
Report, global surface temperature
increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C
(1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the 20th
century. Most of the observed
temperature increase since the
mid-20th century has been caused
by increasing concentrations of
greenhouses gases, which result
from human activity such as the
burning of fossil fuel and
deforestation.
Global warming
ilmaston lämpeneminen (fi)
réchauffement de la planète
(fr)
die globale Erwärmung (ge)
Riscaldamento globale (it)
Globálne otepľovanie (sk)
Alphabetical index
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An hydraulic turbine is a rotary
engine that takes energy from
moving water.
Water turbines were developed in
the 19th century and were widely
used for industrial power prior to
electrical grids. Now they are
mostly used for electric power
generation. They harness a clean
and renewable energy source.
Hydraulic
turbines
Hydrauliset turbiinit (fi)
Turbines hydrauliques (fr)
Wasser- turbinen (ge)
Turbine idrauliche (it)
Vodné turbíny (sk)
Alphabetical index
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The Industrial Revolution was a
period from the 18th to the 19th
century where major changes in
agriculture, manufacturing,
mining, transport, and technology
had a profound effect on the
socioeconomic and cultural
conditions starting in the UK, then
subsequently spreading throughout
Europe, North America, and
eventually the world.
The Industrial Revolution marks a
major turning point in human
history; almost every aspect of
daily life was eventually influenced
in some way.
Industrial
revolution
Teollinen vallankumous (fi)
Révolution industrielle (fr)
Industrielle Revolution (ge)
Rivoluzione industriale (it)
Priemyselná revolúcia (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Intergenerational equity is a value
concept which focuses on the
rights of future generations. It is a
notion that is implicit in ecological
sustainability. However, since skills
to facilitate thinking about long
term consequences are not
typically included in educational
curricula, this value is presented as
distinct from ecological
sustainability to emphasize the
need for thinking about how
human actions that directly or
indirectly degrade the environment
in the present will affect future
generations of humans and other
life forms.
Intergenerational
equity
Sukupolvien välinen
oikeudenmukaisuus (fi)
L'équité intergénérationnelle
(fr)
Generationsgerechtigkeit (ge)
Equità intergenerazionale (it)
Medzigeneračná rovnosť (sk)
Alphabetical index
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includes light trespass,over
Light pollution
illumination and astronomical
Valosaastetta (fi)
interference.
La pollution lumineuse (fr)
Lichtverschmutzung (ge)
Inquinamento luminoso (it)
Svetelné znečistenie (sk)
Alphabetical index
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The term living conditions
(quality of life) is used to evaluate
the general well-being of
individuals and societies. The term
is used in a wide range of
contexts, including the fields of
international development,
healthcare, and politics. Quality of
life should not be confused with
the concept of standard of living,
which is based primarily on
income. Instead, standard
indicators of the quality of life
include not only wealth and
employment, but also the built
environment, physical and mental
health, education, recreation and
leisure time, and social belonging.
Living
conditions
Elinolot (fi)
Les conditions de vie (fr)
Lebensbedingungen (ge)
Condizioni di vita (it)
Životné podmienky (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Evaluating organizational needs for
a given function or service, based
on historic use, staff growth or
reduction and business intentions.
Five-year or ten-year planning was
once viewed as crucial; now threeyear planning is much more
common, since organizations adapt
so rapidly to changing business
conditions.
Long term
capacity (planning)
Resurssipohjan (fi)
Capacités à long terme (fr)
Langfristigen Fähigkeit (ge)
Capacità (di pianificazione) a
lungo termine (it)
Dlhodobá schopnosť (sk)
Alphabetical index
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The underlying driver of direct
human impacts on the environment
is human consumption. This
impact is reduced by not only
consuming less but by also making
the full cycle of production, use and
disposal more sustainable.
Consumption of goods and services
can be managed at all scales
through the chain of consumption,
starting with the effects of individual
lifestyle choices and spending
patterns, through to the resource
demands of specific goods and
services, the impacts of economic
sectors, through national economies
to the global economy. Key resource
categories relating to human needs
are food, energy, materials and
water.
Management of
human
consumption
Hallinta ihmisravinnoksi (fi)
Gestion de la consommation
humaine (fr)
Management des
Menschlichen Verzehrs (ge)
La gestione del consumo
umano (it)
Riadenie ľudskej spotreby (sk)
Alphabetical index
Mechanical engineering is a
discipline of engineering that applies
the principles of physics and
materials sciences for analysis,
design, manufacturing, and
maintenance of mechanical systems.
It is one of the oldest and broadest
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engineering disciplines. Mechanical
engineering emerged as a field
during the industrial revolution
in Europe in the 19th century;
however, its development can be
traced back several thousand
years around the world.
Mechanical
engineering
Kone- ja metalli (fi)
Coonstruction de machines(fr)
Der Maschinenbau (ge)
Ingegneria meccanica (it)
Strojárstvo (sk)
Alphabetical index
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The satisfaction of human needs
and aspirations is so obviously an
objective of productive activity that
it may appear redundant to assert
its central role in the concept of
sustainable development. All too
often poverty is such that people
cannot satisfy their needs for
survival and well-being even if
goods and services are available.
At the same time, the demands of
those not in poverty may have
major environmental consequences
Meet needs
Tarpeiden täyttämiseksi (fi)
Répondre aux besoins (fr)
Bedürfnisse befriedigen (ge)
Soddisfare le esigenze (it)
Uspokojovanie potrieb (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Natural cycles balance and
regulate Earth and its atmosphere.
Human activities can cause
changes to these natural cycles.
Changes to Earth’s cycles can
cause changes in the climates of
our planet. The major natural
biochemical cycles include the
carbon, nitrogen, and phosphate
cycles.
Natural cycles
Luonnonoloista (fi)
Les cycles naturels (fr)
Natürlichen Zyklen (ge)
Cicli naturali (it)
Prírodné cykly (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Photovoltaics is a method of
generating electrical power by
converting solar radiation into
direct current electricity using
semiconductors that exhibit the
photovoltaic effect.
Photovoltaics
Aurinkosähköstä (fi)
Photovoltaïque (fr)
Photovoltaik (ge)
Fotovoltaico (it)
Fotovoltaika (sk)
Alphabetical index
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which encompasses roadway
Noise pollution
noise, aircraft noise,industrial
Melusaaste (fi)
noise as well as high-intensity
Pollution par le bruit (fr)
sonar.
Lärmbelästigung (ge)
Inquinamento acustico (it)
Nadmerná hlučnosť (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Pollution is the introduction of
contaminants into a natural
environment that causes instability,
disorder, harm or discomfort to the
ecosystem. Pollution can take the
form of chemical substances or
energy, such as noise, heat or light.
Pollutants can be either foreign
substances/energies or naturally
occurring contaminants.
The major forms are:
Air pollution
Light pollution
Noise pollution
Radioactive contamination
Soil contamination
Water pollution
Pollution
Pilaantuminen (fi)
Pollution (fr)
Umweltverschmutzung (ge)
Inquinamento (it)
Znečistenia (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Population control is the practice
of artificially altering the rate of
growth of a human population. It’s
a government program to limit or
decrease population growth with a
control education, the wide
availability of contraceptives, and
economic incentives.
Population
control
Väestönkasvun hillitseminen
(fi)
Contrôle de la population (fr)
Bevölkerung zu kontrollieren
(ge)
Controllo demografico (it)
Populačná kontrola (sk)
Alphabetical index
Poverty
Köyhyys (fi)
Pauvreté (fr)
Armut (ge)
Povertà (it)
Chudoba (sk)
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Poverty describes a wide range of
circumstances associated with
need, hardship and lack of
resources. For some, poverty is a
subjective and comparative term;
for others, it is moral and
evaluative; and for others,
scientifically established.
Alphabetical index
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The word preserve may refer, in
our field of interest, e.g. to:
an area of importance for wildlife,
flora, fauna or other special
interest, usually protected.
Preserve (to)
Säilyttää (fi)
Préserver (fr)
Bewahren (ge)
Preservare (it)
Uchovať (sk)
Alphabetical index
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resulting from 20th century
activities in atomic physics, such
as nuclear power generation and
nuclear weapons research,
manufacture and deployment.
Radioactive
contamination
Radioaktiivisten saasteille (fi)
Contaminations radioactives (fr)
Radioaktiven Kontaminationen
(ge)
Contaminazioni radioattive (it)
Radioaktívna kontaminácia (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Renewable energy refers to any
naturally occurring , theoretically
inexhaustible source of energy , as
biomass , solar , wind , tidal ,
wave , and hydroelectric power ,
that is not derived from fossil or
nuclear fuel .
Renewable
energy
Uusiutuvien energialähteiden (fi)
Énergies renouvelables (fr)
Erneuerbare Energien (ge)
Energia rinnovabile (it)
Obnoviteľné zdroje energie (sk)
Alphabetical index
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Resource base are the necessary
source for production, growth life
of the world’s population. The most
important resources base are
water, energy and foods.
Resource base
Resurssipohjan (fi)
Base de ressources (fr)
Ressourcenbasis (ge)
Risorse di base (it)
Surovinová základňa (sk)
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Development that is sustainable
has to address the problem of the
large number of people who live in
absolute poverty - that is, who are
unable to satisfy even the most
basic of their needs. Poverty
reduces people's capacity to use
resources in a sustainable manner;
it intensifies pressure on the
environment. Growth must be
revived in developing countries
because that is where the links
between economic growth, the
alleviation of poverty, and
environmental conditions operate
most directly.
Revive growth
Elvyttää kasvua (fi)
Relancer la croissance (fr)
Wachstum wieder zu beleben
(ge)
Rilanciare la crescita (it)
Oživiť rast (sk)
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A scrappage bonus is a
government budget program to
promote the replacement of old
vehicles with modern vehicles.
Scrappage programs generally
have the dual aim of stimulating
the automobile industry and
removing inefficient, high
emissions vehicles from the road.
Scrappage
bonus
Ympäristölisä (fi)
Bonus de mise à la ferraille (fr)
Abwrack- prämie (ge)
Bonus rottamazione (it)
Šrotovné (sk)
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The concept and philosophy of self
sufficient refers to the condition
of people, houses, cities,
mechanisms, societies, industrial
systems, countries that don’t
require any external help, support
or commercial or diplomatic
interactions, this with the aim of
assuring a level of constant
comfort not conditioned by factors
or by external nations; we speak,
therefore about an extreme form
or personal or collective autonomy.
Self sufficient
Omavarainen (fi)
Autosuffisant (fr)
selbst versorgen (ge)
Autosufficiente (it)
Sebestačný (sk)
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Social dimension must be
considered alongside economic and
environmental dimensions within a
Triple Bottom Line Approach
(incorporating the economic, social
and environmental dimensions) to
sustainability. While there are no
definitive answers, there appear to
be some key directions that arise
from a studied interpretation of the
concept. These include poverty
reduction, social investment, and
the building of safe and caring
communities.
Social
dimension
Sosiaalinen ulottuvuus (fi)
Dimension sociale (fr)
Sozialen Dimension (ge)
Dimensione sociale (it)
Sociálny rozmer (sk)
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Soil contamination occurs when
chemicals are released
intentionally, by spill or
underground leakage. Among the
most significant soil contaminants
are hidrocarbons,heavy metals,
MBTE,herbicides ,pesticides and
chlorinated hydrocarbons.
Soil
contamination
Maaperän saastuminen (fi)
Contamination des sols (fr)
Bodenverunreinigungen (ge)
Contaminazione del suolo (it)
Kontaminácia pôdy (sk)
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The solar updraft tower is a
proposed type of renewableenergy power plant. It combines
three old and proven technologies:
the chimney effect, the
greenhouse effect, and the wind
turbine. Air is heated by sunshine
and contained in a very large
greenhouse-like structure around
the base of a tall chimney, and the
resulting convection causes air to
rise up the updraft tower. This
airflow drives turbines, which
produce electricity.
Solar chimney
power plants
Solar savupiippu voimalaitokset
(fi)
Centrales électriques à énergie
solaire (fr)
Wind-Sonne- Kraftwerk (ge)
Centrali a camino solare (it)
Solárne elektrárne (sk)
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Sustainability is the capacity to
endure. In ecology the word
describes how biological systems
remain diverse and productive
over time. For humans,
sustainability is the potential for
long-term maintenance of well
being, which has environmental,
economic, and social dimensions.
Sustainability
Kestävyyden (fi)
La durabilité (fr)
Nachhaltigkeit (ge)
Sostenibilità (it)
Udržateľnosť (sk)
Social
Bearable
Equitable
Sustainable
Environment
Viable
Economic
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Sustainable development is a
pattern of resource use that aims
to meet human needs while
preserving the environment so that
these needs can be met not only in
the present, but also for
generations to come. The most
often-quoted definition of
sustainable development as
development that "meets the
needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own
needs.“ Sustainable development
ties together concern for the
carrying capacity of natural
systems with the social challenges
facing humanity.
Sustainable
development
Kestävä kehitys (fi)
Développement durable (fr)
nachhaltige Entwicklung (ge)
Sviluppo sostenibile (it)
Trvalo udržateľný rozvoj (sk)
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Sustainable tourism is an
industry committed to making a
low impact on the environment
and local culture, while helping to
generate future employment for
local people. The aim of
sustainable tourism is to ensure
that development brings a positive
experience for the local people,
tourism companies and the tourists
themselves.
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Sustainable
tourism
Kestävän matkailun (fi)
Le tourisme durable (fr)
Nachhaltigen Tourismus (ge)
Turismo sostenibile (it)
Udržateľný cestovný ruch (sk)
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Synthetic fertilizers today are
composed mainly of nitrogen,
phosphorus and potassium
compounds with secondary
nutrients added. The use of
synthetic fertilizer has greatly
improved the quality and quantity
of the food available today, but
their long term used has some
negative effect in the environment
according to some
environmentalist. This kind of
fertilizer comes in two forms: solid
and liquid.
Synthetic
fertilizer
Synteettiset lannoitteita (fi)
Engrais synthétiques (fr)
Künstlicher Dünger (ge)
Fertilizzanti sintetici (it)
Syntetické hnojivá (sk)
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Transition is a cultural movement
engaged in ferrying our society
from the current economic model
based on a vast availability of
cheap oil and on the logic of
resource consumption to a new
sustainable model independent
from oil and characterized by a
high level of resilience.
Transition
Siirtymäkauden (fi)
Transition (fr)
Übergang (ge)
Transizione (it)
Premena (sk)
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Viable or viability is the ability of
a thing (a living organism, an
artificial system, an idea, etc.) to
maintain itself or recover its
potentialities.
Viable
Toteuttamiskelpoisia (fi)
Utilisable (fr)
Brauchbar (ge)
Vitale/Redditizio (it)
Životaschopný (sk)
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Recycling involves processing used
materials (waste) into new
products to prevent waste of
potentially useful materials, reduce
the consumption of fresh raw
materials, reduce energy usage,
reduce air pollution (from
incineration) and water pollution
(from land filling) by reducing the
need for "conventional" waste
disposal, and lower greenhouse
gas emissions as compared to
virgin production. Recycling is a
key component of modern.
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Waste
separation
Jätteiden lajittelu (fi)
Tri des déchets (fr)
Mülltrennung (ge)
Raccolta differenziata dei
rifiuti (it)
Triedenie odpadu (sk)
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by the discharge of wastewater
from commercial and industrial
waste (intentionally or through
spills) into surface waters;
discharges of untreated domestic
sewage, and chemical
contaminants, such as chlorine,
from treated sewage; release of
waste and contaminants into
surface runoff flowing to surface
waters (including urban runoff and
agricultural runoff, which may
contain chemical fertilizers and
pesticides); waste disposal and
leaching into groundwater;
eutrophication and littering.
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Water pollution
Veden saastuminen (fi)
Pollution de l'eau (fr)
Wasserverschmutzung (ge)
Inquinamento delle acque (it)
Znečistenie vody (sk)
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Water shortage is the possible
future consequence of water crisis.
Water crisis is a term used to refer
to the world’s water resources
relative to human demand.
someone, for example the Food and
Agriculture Organization, said in
2003 that there
is no water crisis but steps must be
taken to avoid one in the future.
The major aspects of the water crisis
are allegedly overall scarcity of
usable water and water pollution.
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Water shortage
Vesipula (fi)
La pénurie d'eau (fr)
Wasserknappheit (ge)
Carenza di acqua (it)
Nedostatok vody (sk)