Resource Management
Key Words
Seasonal food - food that isn't available all year round.
Carbon footprint - a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is released over the full life cycle of something or doing something.
Imported foods - foods brought into a country from another.
Agribusiness (industrial farming) - large-scale, inductrial farming controlled by large firms.
Aqueduct - bridges used to transport water.
Fossil fuels - natural resources that from underground over millions of years.
Bioenergy - energy from the break down or buring of biological sources.
Water
Water security - having a reliable and sustainable source of enough good quality water.
Over-abstraction - when more water is being used than is being replaced.
Desalination - removal of salt from seawater so that it can be used.
Water Conservation - using less water.
Grey water - type of recycled water usually resued immediately rather than being treated first.
Also see Energy Resources, The Earth's Resources, Using The Earth's Resources
