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- Anthropogenic
- - resulting from the influence of human beings on nature.
- Aquifers
- - layers of rock or soil able to hold or transmit much water.
- Biodiversity
- - diversity of all living organisms.
- Biofuel
- - any fuel made from nonfossil organic matter, such as vegetable oil
or ethanol.
- Biogas
- - methane obtained from decomposing organic matter.
- Biomass
- - any organic material.
- Biomes
- - a given type of environment, such as tundra, forest, or wetlands.
- Bioregion
- - a specific region containing life.
- Catchment
- - something that catches rainfall.
- Ecological
- - the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
(i.e. living things in their environment).
- Ecosphere
- - region of space with planets where living things can exist.
- Gray Water
- - washing water
(Black Water = sewage water; Fresh Water = natural or tap
water).
- Hemp
- - a tall, widely cultivated herb of the mulberry family with tough
bast fiber used especially for cordage.
- Kenaf
- - an East Indian hibiscus widely cultivated for its fiber.
- Pathogens
- - an agent of disease such as a virus or bacterium.
- Permacultural
- - permanent culture.
- Petrochemicals
- - a substance industrially obtained from petroleum or natural gas.
- Ruminant
- - animals that chew their cud and produce methane.
- Slab Wood
- - rounded edges of trees that cannot be cut for industrial wood.
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