Sustainability Sustainability Aid is assistance, often financial, provided to developing countries by developed countries. A variety of terms are used, including foreign aid (especially in the US), international aid and overseas aid. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aid"
In the United Kingdom, an allotment is a small area of land, let out at a nominal yearly rent by local government or independent allotment associations, for individuals to grow their own food. This could be considered as an example of a community garden system for urban and to some extent rural folk. ...more on Wikipedia about "Allotment (gardening)"
Anthropogenic effects or processes are derived from human activities, as opposed to effects or processes that occur in the natural environment without human influences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anthropogenic"
Aquaculture is the cultivation of the natural produce of water (such as fish or shellfish, algae and other aquatic plants). Mariculture is specifically marine aquaculture, and thus is a subset of aquaculture. Some examples of aquaculture include raising catfish and tilapia in freshwater ponds, growing cultured pearls, and farming salmon in net-pens set out in a bay. Fish farming is a common type. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aquaculture"
An autonomous building is a building designed to be operated independently from infrastructual support services such as the electric power power grid, municipal water systems, sewage treatment systems, storm drains, communication services, and (in some cases) public roads. ...more on Wikipedia about "Autonomous building"
Today, the phrase "back-to-the-land movement" usually refers to a North American social phenomenon of the 1960s and 1970s (which is discussed further, below in this article). This particular back-to-the-land movement was a migration from cities to rural areas that took place in the United States, its greatest vigor being before the mid '70s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Back to the land"
Behavioral ecology is the study of the ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior, and the roles of behavior in enabling an animal to adapt to its environment (both intrinsic and extrinsic). ...more on Wikipedia about "Behavioral ecology"
" Bioneers" (root: "biological pioneers") is a term coined by filmmaker, author and eco-activist Kenny Ausubel to describe very diverse individuals and groups working in a broad array of fields who (initially often unbeknownst to each other) generate creative solutions to our environmental and socio-cultural crises rooted in a few shared values, including: holistic (or " whole systems") thinking; a recognition of all life's interdependence; and mutual aid. In many cases the technological or social solutions to problems these "practical visionaries" propose are founded on a deep respect for and sophisticated emulation of nature's own self-organizing systems (rather than linear, reductionistic attempts to dominate and subjugate the natural world). Ausubel founded an annual conference of the same name, which currently takes place in San Rafael, California, the third weekend in October, to highlight the work of these figures and to help support, nurture and propagate their ideas and models. It has, over the course of the last 15 years become, arguably, the nation's leading (and certainly its most diverse, cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary) independent eco-conclave, bringing together some of the most accomplished doers and thinkers. They come from thes interdisciplinary fields: environmental and socio-political activism; "green" biology, chemistry, design, architecture and urban planning; organic and "beyond organic" farming and gardening; indigenous perspectives; biodiversity and wildland preservation; alternative energy; engaged spirituality, literature and the arts; holistic and "ecological" medicine; ethno-botany; socially-responsible entrepreneurship, business and philanthropy; the environmental justice, women's and youth movements; independent media; etc. This conference has also taken on an organic growth in the last five years with the addition of 16 simultanous satellite conferences that model themselves after the conference in San Rafael, screening video feeds of the major speakers at the national conference, but also creating conferences that focus on more regional solutions and presenters. Finally "Bioneers" is also the name of the northern New Mexico-based non-profit organization that was originally created to produce the annual event, but whose activities have expanded far beyond that to include a much wider (and steadily growing) array of projects. These include: hands-on trainings in various aspects of organic agriculture, the building of a membership base, books, radio series, audio-tapes and DVDs, newsletters, reports, live satellite feeds of the conference to many locales, spin-off events around the country and internationally; film festivals; special youth organizing initiatives; etc, etc. Bioneers is a trademark of the Collective Heritage Institute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bioneer"
A biosecurity guarantee attempts to ensure that ecologies sustaining either people or animals are maintained. This may include natural habitats as well as shelter and productive enterprise (especially agriculture) and deals with threats such as biological warfare or epidemics. This is related to the more passive concept of biosafety. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biosecurity"
The biosphere is that part of a planet's outer shell—including air, land, surface rocks and water—within which life occurs, and which biotic processes in turn alter or transform. From the broadest geophysiological point of view, the biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships, including their interaction with the elements of the lithosphere (rocks), hydrosphere (water), and atmosphere (air). Our planet Earth is the only place where life is known to exist. This biosphere is generally thought to have evolved beginning, through a process of biogenesis or biopoesis, at least some 3.5 billion years ago. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biosphere"
A Biosphere Reserve is an international conservation designation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biosphere reserve"
The Brundtland Commission - formally the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), known by the name of its Chair Gro Harlem Brundtland, was convened by the United Nations in response to the 1983 General Assembly Resolution A/38/161 - "Process of preparation of the Environmental Perspective to the Year 2000 and Beyond" welcoming the establishment of such a Commission. In A/38/161, the General Assembly: ...more on Wikipedia about "Brundtland Commission"
The Buffalo Commons is a conceptual proposal to restore large parts of the drier portion of the Great Plains to native prairie grazed by buffalo. The proposal originated with Drs. Frank and Deborah Popper, who argued in a 1987 essay that the current use of the drier parts of the plains is not sustainable. Most seriously debated in the 1990s, the idea has been hugely unpopular in the affected states, and has little chance of implementation on a large scale. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buffalo Commons"
Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. It was founded by Vancouver artist Ted Dave and subsequently promoted by the Canadian Adbusters magazine. Participants refrain from purchasing ...more on Wikipedia about "Buy Nothing Day" This text is made on www.shortopedia.com
Carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide or CO emitted through the combustion of fossil fuels; in the case of an organization, business or enterprise, as part of their everyday operations, or in the case of a person or household, as part of their daily lives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carbon footprint"
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is an eco-centre in Wales dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. CAT, despite its name does not concentrate its efforts on alternative technology focusing instead on general environmentalism. It is open to visitors, holds residential courses; and publishes information on organic farming, gardening, and ecologically-friendly living. CAT also runs several eco-businesses, including a consultancy service and mail-order catalogue. ...more on Wikipedia about "Centre for Alternative Technology"
The Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies (commonly known locally as CERES, pronounced "SEER eez") is an award-winning community environment park located in urban Brunswick East, Victoria, Australia. Ceres is the goddess of agriculture in Roman mythology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies"
The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development - (CSD) - was established in December 1992 by General Assembly Resolution A/RES/47/191 as a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council, implementing a recommendation in Chapter 38 of Agenda 21, the landmark global agreement reached at the June 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment & Development / Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commission on Sustainable Development"
Compost is the decomposed remnants of organic materials (those with plant and animal origins). Compost is used in gardening and agriculture, mixed in with the soil. It improves soil structure, increases the amount of organic matter, and provides nutrients. Biodegradation is the means by which organic matter is recycled in its environment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Compost"
Composting toilets use biological processes to deal with the disposal and processing of human excrement into organic compost material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Composting toilet"
Corporate farming is a critical, negative term that describes the business of agriculture, specifically, what is seen by some as the practices of would-be megacorporations involved in food production on a very large scale. It is a modern food industry issue, and encompasses not only the farm itself, but also the entire chain of agriculture-related business, including seed supply, agrichemicals, food processing, machinery, storage, transport, distribution, marketing, advertising, and retail sales. The term also includes the influence of these companies on education, research and public policy, through their educational funding and government lobbying efforts. Corporate farming is often used synonymously with agribusiness (although agribusiness quite often is not used in the corporate farming sense), and it is seen as the destroyer of the family farm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corporate farming" Go crack a shortopedia!
The Craik Sustainable Living Project (CSLP) is a nonprofit organization which aims to advance the local use of more ecologically sound technologies and ways of living in rural Saskatchewan, Canada. The four key components of the project are the eco-centre, outreach and education programs, community action, and the ecovillage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Craik Sustainable Living Project"
Dendro energy is energy generated by burning wood grown for the purpose. It is a carbon neutral activity as the carbon dioxide released in combustion is fixed by the growing tree through photosynthesis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dendro energy"
Development aid (also development assistance, international aid, overseas aid or foreign aid) is aid given by developed countries to support economic development in developing countries. It is distinguished from humanitarian aid as being aimed at alleviating poverty in the long term, rather than alleviating suffering in the short term (Foreign aid, on the other hand, includes both development aid and humanitarian aid. Some governments include military assistance in the notion "foreign aid", while a lot of NGOs tend to disapprove). Development aid is composed of three separate areas: governmental (ODA), foreign investment (FDI), and private (NGO's and others). A fourth area, remittances (sums sent home by foreign workers) has an uncertain role, and since some studies have concluded it has a negative effect on economic growth many commentators do not consider it aid. ...more on Wikipedia about "Development aid"
Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are a number of indexes which track the financial performance of companies which are considered sufficiently sustainability-oriented. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dow Jones Sustainability Index"
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