VOCABULARY: Going green

TAKE UP (verb): "I decided to take up English lessons this year and enrolled at the Talleres Optativos"

•  to use things like energy, fuel, materials, food, water, etc.

• to keep something in its original state

• to start doing something regularly as a habit, job or interest

SUSTAINABLE (adjective): "Using fossil fuels is not sustainable."

• capable of continuing for a long time at the same level

• able to decay naturally and in a way that is not harmful

• working in a way that does not waste fuel

USE UP (verb): "We need to get more soap, I've used up what was left."

• to fill an amount of space or time

• to start doing a particular job or activity

• to use something until there's no more of it

RENEWABLE (adjective): "If we want to preserve the environment, we need to use renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power."

• having been used before and then put through a process so that it can form a new product

• relating to forms of energy that are produced using the sun, wind, etc., or from crops, rather than those using fuels such as oil or coal

• not affected by pollution

We need stronger laws in order to ................. our forests.

• use up

• preserve

• take up

You can ............. your household waste by buying products with less packaging.

• use up

• increase

• reduce

We try to ................. things like plastic bags and bottles.

• reuse

• renew

• refill

We are ........... the earth's natural resources faster than ever. 

• taking up

• reducing

• using up

 Industrial development is causing widespread damage to the ................

• enviroment

• environment

• environmental

The tent was made of .................... materials that wouldn't ruin in extreme weather and that cause no damage to the environment.

• unpolluted

• sustainable

• harmful