green technologies

Environmentally friendly methods

Green technologies are methods, materials, and systems designed to reduce environmental harm—particularly pollution and resource depletion.

The term covers renewable energy sources like solar and wind power, electric vehicles, sustainable building materials, and waste reduction processes.

The company invested heavily in green technologies to cut its carbon footprint.

Green here carries its broader sense of environmentally responsible.

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vertical farming · carbon footprint · wind turbines · electric vehicles · smart cities · smart thermostats · recycled plastics · energy efficiency · photovoltaic cells · air scrubbers · vertical farming · circular economy · carbon neutral · carbon capture · low carbon · bioplastics · rain barrel · wastewater treatment plants

Opposites
environmental impact

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Traditional manufacturing sectors with chimneys

industrial pollution

energy source

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Combustible prehistoric organic deposits

coal power · oil and gas · natural gas · internal combustion engines · fracking

economic/industrial paradigm

green technologiesfossil fuel industry

heavy industry

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