Conservation and Sustainability

Having named the problems, we now turn to solutions: la conservación (conservation) and la sostenibilidad (sustainability). This lesson equips you to talk about what individuals, communities, and governments can do, and it introduces the conditional tense for imagining better futures.

Build your vocabulary around action and responsibility. Essential terms include el desarrollo sostenible (sustainable development), las energías renovables (renewable energy), la energía solar (solar power), la energía eólica (wind power), el reciclaje (recycling), reciclar (to recycle), reutilizar (to reuse), reducir (to reduce), ahorrar (to save), and los recursos naturales (natural resources). Add the "three Rs" as a memorable set: reducir, reutilizar, reciclar. You should also know la deforestación (defor