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Abecedarium about sustainability
Arctic/: The region lying north of the Arctic Circle Facets of time past teach us lessons for the future.
Finlay Stevens-Hunt, New Zealand
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Biodiversity/: The variety of life Life on Earth must contain a variety of plants and species to work in a natural way.
Cigarette/: Paper-wrapped roll with tobacco Cigarettes are not just a health issue, it is a matter of life and death. How many children should have to slave for our bad habits?
TherĂŠse Robsahm, Sweden
Desert/: An environment to hot or cold to live in We can’t survive in the desert. Yet we choose to live life that are un-sustainable and contibute to desert growth.
Emma Warren, New Zealand
Environment/: Were a person, animal or plant lives The environment that we live in is use and share by both people and other walks of life . How can we work together to create a more sustainable environment?
Jessica Wilson, USA
Footprint/: Amount of carbon emitting per person Is it one of the most enlightened problems of our decade? If so, please chose another shoe size.
Malin Hultman, Sweden
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Global Warming/: The increasing temperatures The increasing average temperatures near the surface of Earth over the past centuries
Human Rights/: Rights for all human beings It is time to accept each other for who we are, not for whom we are not.
TherĂŠse Robsahm, Sweden
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Innovation/: It is something entirely new It is hard to do something that is entirely new today, but you can always look at things in a different perspective.
Jaguar/: The largest cat on the American continent As an effect of the forest felling in the Southern and Central America the jaguars chances of survival are reducing.
Frida W책rd, Sweden
Knowledge/: A collection of facts and info Knowledge is the one thing about you that never stops growing, even when your are going grey on the outside. The more we know the more sustainably we can live.
Emma Warren, New Zealand
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Local/: Not broad or general. To eat local food means less emissions and to help eachother localy creates a stronger society.
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Meta design/: A design tool A framework to allow the users to solve their own problems by doing.
Need/: The requirement for the well-being What is really essential for you to live?
Lucie Leforestier, France
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Organic/: Using biological methods To use substitutes for chemical fertilizers and pesticides would be kinder to the nature and all living species on Earth.
Planet Earth/: Third planet from the Sun A living organism in the vast eternity of space; our home, our heart.
Marcus Carlsson, Sweden
Quality/: The superiority of something What is quality for you?
Frida W책rd, Sweden
Resources/: Natural phenomena used by humans In the last three decades we have used one third of the Earths resources. What kind of world are we leaving to our children? Our resources are running out faster than they are replenishing themselves.
Johanna Nilsson, Sweden
Slow Food/: To take time to eat healthy food This movement care for fresh, organic and localy grown food. Why eat anything else?
Julia RosĂŠn, Sweden
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Transition Town/: A grassroot network it is communities working to build resilience in responce to peak oil, climate change and economic instability.
Up-cycling/: Converting waste into good products When you up-cycle you create a new and better life for the product.
Johanna Nilsson, Sweden
Value /: Estimated or assigned worth; valuation How do you value which is priceless?
Malin Hultman, Sweden
Water /: H2O Water is the fundamental brick for building life and civilizations.
Frida W책rd, Sweden
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XXXL /: Something extra large, times three The things we consume are becoming larger and larger in size, yet the resources that supply us are diminishing.
You /: The person looking back in the mirror You and you, we can all do something for the environment!
Lucie Leforestier, France
Zero Waste /: To encourage the resource life cycles We are throwing away loads of waste every day. What goes in, must come out!
Finlay Stevens-Hunt, New Zealand