emergy n.— «Nearly two decades ago, the plant owners used an unorthodox metric to assess the facility’s impact on nearby estuaries. Called “emergy,” which is shorthand for “embodied energy,” the metric provides...
fratmosphere n. an environment resembling or affiliated with a college fraternity. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
socks and knocks n.pl.— «Do GHG, socks, knocks and land use have any impact on DSM or SSE at all?…Have you done similar analysis of Gull, or Conawapa, or Notigi, on those particular issues of GHG, socks, knocks and land use, to use...
mottainai n.— «Maathai, who is also an Assistant Environment Minister, urged the world to adopt “mottainai”, a Japanese term for reducing, reusing and recycling resources.» —“Campaign for debt relief, Maathai tells...
Moa’s ark n.— «At stake is the future of “Moa’s Ark,” the name that English botanist David Bellamy coined for New Zealand and its unusual wildlife.» —“The return of saddlebacks (tïeke)” by Bernie...
Ecozoic n.— «In Vermont, Sr. Gail Worcelo and lay associate Bernadette Bostwick, together with their community of Passionist nuns, are starting an Ecozoic Monastery in the Green mountains. They hope to soon found the first Catholic...