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Biodegradable: By U.S. government definition, 60 to 70 percent of a product’s ingredients must be able to break down and return to the environment within 28 days.

Carbon footprint: A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted through the combustion of fossil fuels as part of the everyday life of an individual or the everyday operations of a business. Calculation can include waste disposal, food grown and eaten, gas to get to work, and more. Calculate yours at Web sites like carbon footprint.com.

CFL (compact fluorescent lamp): An energy-saving lightbulb that is a replacement for traditional incandescent bulbs that expend much of their energy in heat rather than light.

Eco-friendly: Little or no impact on the native ecosystem. There is no legal definition for eco-friendly.

Ecological footprint: The area of land and water needed to produce the resources to entirely sustain a human population and absorb its waste products with prevailing technology. It is used as a resource management and community-planning tool.

Greenwashing: When more money and energy is expended on trumpeting eco-friendly practices than in making those commitments a reality. Secondarily, it’s when something is touted as green because of an ingredient, component, etc., but overall,

it isn’t.

Off-grid living: Doing things without electricity or other artificial power sources. For example, using a clothesline instead of a dryer, solar power or push mower.

Organic: Generally, organic foods use plants grown without conventional pesticides or artificial fertilizers and processed without food additives; or food products from animals that have not been subjected to routine antibiotics or growth hormones. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, organic foods must come from farms or ranches certified by a state or private agency that has been accredited by the USDA. Foods labeled “100 percent organic” must contain only organically produced ingredients, excluding water and salt. “Organic” foods must contain, by weight, at least 95 percent organically produced ingredients.

Sustainable materials: Material, like certain types of wood, that have a short growth and renewal cycle (bamboo, hemp, eucalyptus), or that, when harvested, don’t degrade critical habitats. The term also is used for materials that are biodegradable, that are recyclable at the end of the usable life cycle, that reduce water or energy consumption or that help the environment.

Vampire appliances, vampire energy: Appliances that suck energy even when you’re not using them. For example, cell-phone chargers, even when they’re not charging anything, the toaster when there’s no toast in it, intercom systems that are listening when you’re not talking.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, greenlivingtips.com., skyscraper. org, idec.org., gogreenva.org.

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