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Environment friendly processes, or environmental-friendly processes (also referred to as eco-friendly, nature-friendly, and green), are sustainability and marketing terms referring to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies that claim reduced, minimal, or no harm upon ecosystems or the environment.
Environmentally sustainable design (also called environmentally conscious design, eco-design, etc.) is the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment, and services to comply with the principles of ecological sustainability and also aimed at improving the health and comfort of occupants in a building.
Sustainable living is fundamentally the application of sustainability to lifestyle choices and decisions. One conception of sustainable living expresses what it means in triple-bottom-line terms as meeting present ecological, societal, and economical needs without compromising these factors for future generations.
eco-- a prefix now added to many words indicating a general consideration for the environment e.g. ecohousing, ecolabel, ecomaterial. eco-asset – a biological asset that provides financial value to private land owners when they are maintained in or restored to their natural state.
In these scenarios, Korangy usually tries to implement as many eco-conscious design changes as possible, so even though the home won't be certified, she can still make a dent in its eco-footprint.
Tending was defined as "being awake and conscious," with "deep, inner self-reflection." [18] Dwelling was defined as "a process of being with the seen and the unseen." [18] Reverence was defined as "rediscovering the mystery present present in all creation and is embodied sense of the sacred," focusing on the earth. [18]
In other words, it is a business [3] that "meets the needs of the present [world] without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It assesses how to design products that take advantage of the current environmental situation and how well a company’s products use renewable resources .
Greenwashing (a compound word modeled on "whitewash"), also called green sheen, [1] [2] is a form of advertising or marketing spin that deceptively uses green PR and green marketing to persuade the public that an organization's products, goals, or policies are environmentally friendly.