Let’s learn some French ecology terms – if you’d like to suggest more French vocabulary with English translation to complete this French ecology vocabulary list, please send me an email or add your suggestions to the comment section below – merci !
- l’écologie – ecology (watch out for the French pronunciation no “djee”: no d sound just “é co lo ji”, no tonic accent either.
- un, une écolo – (common slang) someone who is ecology conscious
- le bien-être de l’humanité – the well-being of humanity
- la protection de l’environnement – environmental protection
- les ressources naturelles – natural resources
- les énergies fossiles – fossil fuels
- la consommation d’énergie – energy consumption
- la détérioration de l’environnement – environmental degradation
- une catastrophe écologique – an ecological catastrophe
- les gaz à effet de serre – greenhouse gases
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- le gaz carbonique, le dioxyde de carbone – carbon dioxide
- le réchauffement de la planète – global warming
- l’empreinte carbone, le bilan carbone – carbon footprint
- la pollution de l’eau – water pollution
- le milieu aquatique, le milieu marin – the aquatic/marine environment
- l’industrie agro-alimentaire – the food industry
- la grosse distribution – major supermarkets & hypermarkets
- les emballages – wrapping, packaging
- un sac plastique à usage unique – a throwaway plastic carrier bag
- les déchets ménagers – household waste
- non-recyclable – non-recyclable
- polluer – to pollute
- réutiliser, recycler – to resuse, recycle
- la récupération des déchets – waste recovery
- économiser l’énergie – to save energy
- biodégradable – biodegradable (not to be mistaken with “bio” which means organic)
- le développement durable – sustainable development
- le tri sélectif – selective sorting
- la décharge – dump
- la poubelle – garbage bin
You may also be interested in Suzanne’s free bilingual story : a week without plastic.
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