Vocabulary

• in green: Located in or surrounded by green plants or fields.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• quite simply: In a clear and straightforward manner; without complication.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• by no means: Certainly not; in no way.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• contrasted with: To be strikingly different from something else.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• spot: A certain place or area
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• detrimental: Harmful
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• generic: Concerning a product without a brand name
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• intention: Aim or purpose
• havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• steer: A cow
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• ethical: Morally right; following principles of goodness
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• intensive: Needing great effort for a short period of time
• conscience: Ability to sense what is right or wrong
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• solely: With no one or nothing else
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• entice: To attract someone by appealing to hope or desire
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• product: Item that can be bought
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• deceptive: Causing someone to believe what is not true
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• aesthetically: In a tasteful way
• part: Division of a book
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• employ: To use something for a specific task
• bottle: Container with a narrow neck used to hold liquids
• ship: Large boat
• sustainably: In a way that can continue over a period of time
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• encapsulate: To express concisely the main points or ideas
• repay: To do in return for something done for you
• unquote: To remove the quotation marks from
• sticker: A short pointed knife for piercing or stabbing
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• shroud: To hide, as with secrecy; make it difficult to see
• encase: (Of hard thing) to surround or totally envelop
• handwritten: Being written by hand (i.e. not typed)