Environment and sustainability: B1 Spanish vocabulary
26 Spanish words about environment and sustainability at B1 level. Each entry links to the full meaning, a real example sentence, and usage notes written for English speakers.
- medio ambientenounthe environment
- reducirverbto reduce / to cut
- protegerverbto protect
- conservarverbto conserve / to preserve
- consumirverbto consume
- reciclarverbto recycle
- contaminarverbto pollute / to contaminate
- contaminaciónnounpollution / contamination
- plantarverbto plant
- sostenibleadjectivesustainable
- reciclajenounrecycling
- ahorrarverbto save
- talarverbto fell / to cut down
- derretirverbto melt
- energía renovablenounrenewable energy
- calentamiento globalnounglobal warming
- cambio climáticonounclimate change
- huella de carbononouncarbon footprint
- deforestaciónnoundeforestation
- sequíanoundrought
- vertederonounlandfill / rubbish dump
- ecosistemanounecosystem
- ecológicoadjectiveecological / organic
- biodegradableadjectivebiodegradable
- renovableadjectiverenewable
- contaminanteadjectivepolluting / pollutant