Doe

Doe: mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck’.

Dispersion

Dispersion: spreading widely or driving off, the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume.

Disafforest

Disafforest: remove the trees from.

Dirty Business

Dirty Business: Stay away from companies who tout themselves as green when the service or product they offer is inherently bad for the environment.

Design for the Environment (DfE)

Design for the Environment (DfE): A concept or philosophy applied to the design process that advocates the reduction of environmental and human health impacts through materials selection & design strategies.

Desertification

Desertification: the gradual transformation of habitable land into the desert; is usually caused by climate change or by the destructive use of the land.

Deforest

Deforest: remove the trees from.

Cycle

Cycle: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.

Cradle-to-Grave

Cradle-to-Grave: A term used to describe material or products that is disposed (landfill, incineration, etc. ) of at the end of its intended life.

Cradle-to-Cradle

Cradle-to-Cradle: A term used for describing a product or material recycled into a similar or new product after the original items intended life.

Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan: composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests, growing or occurring in many parts of the world.

Consumption

Consumption: To eat or take in (you consume food and water), or to use (people consumes energy when they watch television or drive a car).

Conservationist

Conservationist: someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution.

Conservation

Conservation: an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change, the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources.

Conservancy

Conservancy: a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river, the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.

Compost

Compost: A collection of biodegradable waste that is no longer used by people or which died on its own. Examples are banana peels, coffee grounds, or leaves & branches. When mixed together they form a substance rich in nutrients which many people use to fertilize their gardens.

Community

Community: A group living in a particular local area, a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.

Colonize

Colonize: Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world, settle as colonists or establish a colony (in).

Closed-loop Recycling

Closed-loop Recycling: The process of recycling in such a way that the components of the original product are reclaimed or utilized into similar products without the process of downcycling.

Climax

Climax: The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding.