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What is CARBON DIOXIDE?
This is a by-product of fossil fuels being burned; acts as part of the “effect”.
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What is PROSPERITY?
Being in a state of flourishing, thriving, good fortune and / or successful social status; can include wealth and happiness.
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What is PRIVATIZATION?
Selling a public/ governmental service to a private company so that the service is no longer owned by the government.
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What is ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT?
Represents the level of resources you use and the waste you create.
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What is OUTSOURCING?
Having labour and production in one country while sales and headquarters may be in another.
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What is HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI)?
Measures the quality of life and how economic policies affect people in that country.
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What is ALTERNATIVE ENERGY?
Include Tidal, Wind, Solar and Geothermal and address the concerns of fossil fuels.
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What is MARKET ECONOMY?
Type of economy that supports privatization and competition.
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What is GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)?
Measures the health of a country’s economy and the prosperity of its people; connected with income and standard of living.
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What is NORWAY?
This country’s government is so committed to environmental stewardship, they have built a seed vault.
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What is TRADE LIBERALIZATION?
The removal or “liberalizing” of restrictions or barriers on the free exchange of goods between nations.
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What is ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION?
“Globalizing” integration of national, regional and local economies across the world through an intensification of cross-border movement of goods, services, technologies and capital.
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What is SUSTAINABILITY?
Figuring out a way for people to live while limiting their impact on the environment; what they consume and how to protect the world.
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What is CONTAINERIZATION?
Intercontinental system of shipping post-WWII that greatly reduced shipping costs and primarily used freight containers.
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What are HDI CATEGORIES?
Life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling and a decent standard of living combined are measured by these 3 letters.
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