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By Andy Kenworthy

What does it all mean?

At what exact moment does an eco-warrior become an eco-worrier? Is emissions trading legal between cousins?

In the latest edition of Good we reality-check some of the eco-jargon sauntering into our lives:

Eco-worrier
What we become when it takes 15 minutes for us to analyse the global ecological and humanitarian impact of buying a tin of spaghetti.

But we reckon you can do better.

Hit us with your own breakdown of well-known eco-terminology in the comments below. We’ll use the best in the next edition.

Comments

Annabel McAleer
 
Thu May 07, 2009 @ 03:39 PM
Albedo The reflective power of a surface; not to be confused with libido, the power of an attractive service. A high albedo reflects more sunlight back to space, keeping Earth cooler.
Tania McGowan
 
Mon July 13, 2009 @ 12:59 PM

Green A word formerly known to refer to the colour of trees and grass.  Now can be used to describe almost everything from our individual to global choices and everything inbetween.

Craig Riley
 
Tue July 14, 2009 @ 11:38 AM
Carbon Footprint: a measure of the amount of carbon (or carbon equvalent) emissions emitted in order to produce an item or sustain a lifestyle. Also the impression left on the ground by government-subsidised farmers in the Amazon basin as they survey the land they have just cleared with fire in order to grow beef for overfed westerners.
Craig Riley
 
Tue July 14, 2009 @ 12:02 PM

Carbon credits: Brownie points awarded to businesses or individuals who can prove that what they do will reduce rising global carbon emissions. These are given a monetary value and can be sold to those that are less proactive about reductions. A bit like paying someone else to do your homework.

Craig Riley
 
Tue July 14, 2009 @ 12:18 PM
Certified Organic: An industry standard applied to Organic produce in order to assure consumers that it's the real McCoy. When modern organics was in it's infancy, mainstream society used to apply this term to the proponents of this "whacky" fringe movement. Thankfully we're more enlightened now.

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