Compassion (Mettā (Pali) or maitrī (Sanskrit) means benevolence, is a word used to describe “feeling with,” a compassionate person is one who empathizes with those believed to be harmed and who is disposed to go to their aid. Read more.

Dyeability is a term used to describe the ability of a fibre or textile fabric to be dyed. One of the most important properties for a textile fibre is dyeability. A range of applications to some man-made (synthetic) fibres have been, and still is, limited ability or poor dyeability. Read more..

Eco-efficiency was already in use in various ecological studies since beginning of 1990’s (Ehelich, Erlich 1991); however, The Dutch government funded “ The Eco capacity a challenge to technological development; of the Working-group on eco efficiency, which was promoted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Read more..

Ecosystem services is a term used to describe ecological processes or functions having monetary or non-monetary value to individuals or society at large..read more..

Environmental Impact Statement is a quantitative and qualitative statement of a broad range of impacts (from ecological to social), whether direct, indirect or cumulative. It is usually a publicly available document prepared by a developer as part of a total strategic tool for decision-making.

Green Chemistry Green chemistry in an emerging field of science that develops chemicals to be benign. Rather than presuming to keep human and ecological exposures to chemicals within levels of toxicity deemed “acceptable,”,  sustainable chemistry aim to make chemicals that are inherently safe. Green chemistry  designs after a set of principles that include: Design chemical [...]

The green economy is defined as “one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its simplest expression, a green economy can be thought of as one, which is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive” by UNEP 2011. Read more..

The concept of Gross National Happiness was already mentioned in the section on economic value, as an attempt to define an indicator that measures quality of life in a more holistic way than its economic counterpart GDP. The term was coined by Bhutan’s former King Jigme Singye. Read more..

Information overload is a term used to describe an overflow of information through many different media both digital, radio, TV, Video, newspaper, books, Internet so large that we have problems on an individual level sorting it out so it creates a stress factor and risk that it´s out-dated before making any decisions. Read more.

Resilience is the ability of an ecological or social system to obtain disturbances while retaining the same basic structure and ways of functioning, the capacity for self-organization, and the productivity to adapt to change and stress. Read more.

A product of human beings’ continuing attempts to realize their innate rationality in the context of a social ecological life world that both enables and constrains. Thus social change is a product of the inborn, special capacity of humans to create knowledge, to interpret it, to communicate with one another, and to learn from the past

Sustainability Gap is a measure of the decrease in consumption (or the increase in material and economic efficiency) required to eliminate the ecological deficit. Read more.