Pay-as-you-throw • charging for rubbish disposal by quantity.

Goracle • fan nickname for Al Gore. Conversely Al Bore • derisive reference to Gore’s eco-vangelism.

Water neutral • ensuring that water use is sustainable and recyclable.

Zero waste • [1] using sophisticated recycling to minimise or eliminate waste; [2] factoring after-use recycling into the manufacture of a product.

Eco-anxiety • concern over environmental doomsday scenarios, and the damage done by one’s carbon footprint.

Nature Deficit Disorder • where kids are strangers to Mother Nature.

Grey fever • urban ‘hay fever’ caused by pollution.

Locavores • those who eat only locally grown food.

NPs • the New Puritans who eschew hedonism, consumerism &c., to live a simpler, greener and more ethical life.

Climate Canaries • those people and environments likely to be the first affected by global warming.

Glocal and Glocalisation • when global companies aspire to respect local customs, traditions and sensitivities.

Extracted and adapted from Schott’s Almanac 2008: conceived, written & designed by Ben Schott published by Bloomsbury on December 1. RRP £16.99, available from Times BooksFirst for £15.29, free p&p. 0870 1608080

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