Entries in the Category Environment
Environment, environmentalism, green movement, conservation, forestry, wild-life preservation. You can also see citations assigned to this category.
freedom lawn n. residential land permitted to or designed to contain a variety of plants other than manicured grass, especially when containing plant life that occurs without cultivation, chemicals, or cutting. (posted Apr. 26, 2005) [full entry…]
geosequestration n. the storage of compressed near-liquid carbon dioxide in underground chambers. (posted Jun. 16, 2004) [full entry…]
global weirding n. an increase in severe or unusual environmental activity often attributed to global warming. (posted Jan. 25, 2007) [full entry…]
green GDP n. a reconciliation of a nation’s economic record with its environmental record. (posted Apr. 30, 2004) [full entry…]
greenprint n. a government’s or community’s environmental plan, especially one concerned with parks, forests, waterways, greenways, and other shared spaces. Also as verb, to make such a plan. (posted Jul. 6, 2007) [full entry…]
hat-rack v. to severely prune a tree of all but its largest branches. (posted Sep. 11, 2006) [full entry…]
in-law chaser n. a quick or unexpected (snow) storm. (posted Sep. 25, 2007) [full entry…]
jade berg n. an iceberg made of highly compressed greenish ice. (posted Apr. 12, 2006) [full entry…]
leisure farm n. land used for agriculture-related tourism or recreation. (posted Jun. 13, 2007) [full entry…]
leverite n. (also leaverite) a worthless stone or rock, especially one mistaken as being valuable. (posted Jun. 25, 2007) [full entry…]
natural capitalism n. an economic theory or practice which assigns a financial cost to the use, maintenance, abuse, or depletion of natural resources and ecosystems. (posted Jul. 18, 2004) [full entry…]
Pineapple Express n. a weather condition made of a jet stream of wet, warm air that reaches western North America from the Pacific Ocean, usually by way of Hawaii, and causes heavy rainfall. (posted Nov. 15, 2006) [full entry…]
pixie v. to practice sabotage as an expression of environmental politics. (posted May. 16, 2006) [full entry…]
popcorn storm n. a brief, unexpected rain shower or thunderstorm. Also, collectively and more formally, popcorn convection. (posted Jul. 27, 2006) [full entry…]
price of carbon n. the going rate for petroleum-related pollution-emission rights or credits, which are traded on an international market. (posted Jun. 9, 2004) [full entry…]
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