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renovable / sostenible / sustentable/ verde (energía renovable, sostenible, verde) (el transporte verde) Renewable /sustainable (NOTE: both sostenible and sutentable mean “sustainable”) /green Renewable/sustainable/green energy Green transportation
La energía fotovoltáica Solar energy
Los paneles solares Solar panels
La energía eólica Wind energy
Los molinos de viento Windmills
El efecto invernadero Greenhouse effect
Los gases de efecto invernadero Greenhouse gases
La capa de ozono Ozone layer
Combustibles fósiles (ej quemar/usar combustibles fósiles vs. El biodiésel Fossil fuels (ex, to burn/use fossil fuels) vs. biofuels
Los coches (los carros), los aviones Cars, planes
El transporte público Public transport
Las fábricas Factories (NOTE: there is NO such word as” factorias”
El humo (que echan las fábricas por sus chimeneas) Smoke or fume (which factories emit from their chimneys) (NOTE: It’s humo; “fumo” means “I smoke”
El cambio climático Climate change
El calentamiento global Global warming
Las emisiones de dióxido de carbono Carbon dioxide emissions (emitir= to emit)
La contaminación (del aire, el agua) / contaminar (Air, water) pollution / to pollute
El calentamiento global Global warming
Las tormentas (más frecuentes y fuertes) (More frequent and strong) storms
El huracán Hurricane
La inundación (ej: En el Desierto de Atacama en Chile) Flood
La sequía (ejemplo: En la Laguna de Tisma, un humedal en Nicaragua) Drought
El ecoturismo Ecotourism
La biodiversidad Biodiversity
Las especies en peligro de extinción Endangered species
Las tres R’s: reducir, reusar (reutilizar) y reciclar Y además la cuarta R: rechazar The Three R’s: reduce, reuse, and recycle. And also the fourth R: refuse
La basura La basura orgánica con la que puedes compostar (es decir, hacer compost) Garbage Organic waste which you can compost (NOTE: organic food is “alimentos ecoólgicos”
La deforestación Deforestation
Los incendios forestales Forest fires
La ola de calor / hola de frío Heat wave / Cold spell or snap
Biodegradable Biodegradable
No podemos tirar la toalla No podemos hacer la vista gorda No podemos quedarnos de brazos cruzados We can’t throw in the towel We can’t look the other way We can’t sit around and do nothing
La huella de carbono (medir tu huella de carbono) Carbon footprint (to measure your carbon footprint)
La moda rápida (que malgasta el agua) Tiendas vintage, tiendas de segunda mano Fast fashion (that wastes water) Second-hand stores (thrift or resale stores)
El glaciar (como Perito Moreno que ya no es estable) Glacier (like Perito Moreno which is no longer stable)
Derretirse (ej—se derriten los glaciares El derretimiento de los glaciares (Humboldt, el último glaciar de Venezuela, ya desapareció—es decir, se derritió completamente To melt (the glaciers melt)—e to i verb! The melting of the glaciers (Humboldt, the last glacier in Venezuela has already disappeared—that is today, it melted completely
El agua dulce (vs. agua salada) Fresh water
La escasez Scarcity / lack of
El aumento del nivel del mar Rise in sea level
El grifo (cerrar el grifo) Faucet (to turn off the faucet)
El lince ibérico The Iberian Lynx
El manatí (del caribe) The (Caribbean) manatee
El condor andino The Andean condor
Los grandes felinos The big cats
Compartir coche To carpool
El Bicing (Barcelona) - servicio de alquiler de bicis El Bicing (in Barcelona) is a bike rental service
La amenaza Amenazar / Amenazado/a Threat To threat / threatening
Concienciarse (ejemplo: Tenemos que concienciarnos y tomar acción To become aware (We have to become aware and take action)
Gestos que puedes hacer para ayudar a frenar/detener/parar/reducir el cambio climático Things (gestures) you can to do help put the brakes on/halt (think “detain”)/stop/reduce climate change
Berta Cáceres, la ambientalista de Honduras que habló por los ríos del pueblo lenca (y pagó con su vida) Berta Cáceres, the Honduran environmentalist que spoke for the rivers of the Lencan people and paid with her life
Saber a ciencia cierta To know for a fact
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