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Carbon Neutral - What Does It Mean?

In 2006 the New Oxford American Dictionary declared “carbon neutral” its “Word of the Year.” In announcing the winning word, the dictionary’s Editor-in-Chief, Erin McKean, said, “The increasing use of the word “carbon neutral” reflects not just the greening of our culture, but the greening of our language. When you see first graders trying to make their classrooms carbon neutral, you know the word has become mainstream.”

Mainstream? Really? Well, carbon neutral may be mainstream, but how many of us really know what it means? Do you? Some might say carbon neutral is a self-defining word—neutral of carbon. Okay…so what does THAT mean? Read More

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