Key Terms:

• Anthropocene Age: "the period of time during which human activities have had an environmental impact on the Earth regarded as constituting a distinct geological age" - Merriam Webster dictionary.
  
• Climate action: is any activity that helps people cope with a changing climate, or that results in a decline in climate gas emissions - Climate Action Canada.
  
• Climate justice: "insists on a shift from a discourse on greenhouse gases and melting ice caps into a civil rights movement with the people and communities most vulnerable  to climate impacts at its heart," - Mary Robinson.
  
• Fossil fuels: "a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains." - Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
  
• Extinction: "a situation in which something no longer exists." - Cambridge Dictionary.
  
• Sea Level Rise: "Sea levels are rising due to melting ice and thermal expansion related to global warming. This trend may have consequences for life on Earth." - National Geographic.
  
• Microplastics: "small pieces of plastic, less than 5mm in length, that occur in the environment as a consequence of plastic pollution." - Britannica.
  
• Vegan: "a strict vegetarian who consumes no food (such as meat, eggs or dairy products) that comes from animals; also: one who abstains from using animal products (such as leather)." - Merriam Webster dictionary.
  
• Vegetarian: "a person who does not eat meat: someone whose diet consists wholly of vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts and sometimes eggs or dairy products." - Merriam Webster Dictionary.
  
• Water footprint: "An indicator of both direct and indirect water use by a consumer or producer. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business." - Medical Dictionary
  
• Carbon footprint: "the amount of greenhouse gases and specifically carbon dioxide emitted by something (such as a person's activities or a product's manufacture and transport) during a given period." - Merriam Webster Dictionary.
  
• Sustainability: "focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The concept of sustainability is composed of three pillars: economic, environmental and social - also known informally as profits, planet and people." - Investopedia
  
• Paris Agreement: "Is a legally binding international treaty on climate change." - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
  
• Natural resources: "something (as water, a mineral, forest, or kind of animal) that is found in nature and is valuable to humans." - Merriam Webster Dictionary.
  
• Boycott: "is to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, a store, an organization, etc.) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions." - Merriam Webster Dictionary.
  
• Protest: "a solemn declaration of opinion and usually of dissent." - Merriam Webster Dictionary.
  
• Strike: "to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions" - Cambridge English Dictionary.
  
• Fast Fashion: "an approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and cheaply available to consumers." - Merriam Webster Dictionary.