Glossary

We have defined some terms in this glossary to help you on your journey of reaching positive climate design.

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Carbon

Atomic element #6. This app uses the words carbon and C02 interchangeably, though they are technically different (see CO2/ carbon dioxide).

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CO2/carbon dioxide

A colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. This app uses the words carbon and CO2/carbon dioxide interchangeably, although they are very different. Carbon is an element and carbon dioxide is a molecule made up of carbon and oxygen and has a different atomic weight. We also use carbon/CO2 as shorthad for greenhouse gasses when in actuality, greenhouse gasses are comprised of more that just CO2.

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Sequester

Isolate or hide away; to remove or withdraw. To sequester CO2 is to remove it from the atmosphere, through the photosynthetic liquid carbon cycle, and store it in plant tissue and healthy soils.

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Emit

To release or discharge. To emit CO2 is to release it in to the environment, usually into the air.

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Aggregate

In this context, aggregate is used to describe the various, loose stone materials used as drain rock and base materials in the landscape construction process.

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CMU

Concrete Masonry Unit; cinder block, masonry block.

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Forb

Herbaceous flowering plant that is not a grass, rush, or sedge.

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Sand Set

Referring to paving systems set in sand over a compacted aggregate base. Examples: concrete pavers, brick, or flagstone.

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Dry lay

Referring to paving systems set in sand over a compacted aggregate base. Examples: concrete pavers, brick, or flagstone.

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D.I.

Drainage inlet; a basin installed at ground level that collects water and directs it to an underground system of pipes intended at draining away water from one area to another.

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Sheet mulching

A layered system of soil enhancement and weed suppression incorporating some form of paper and layers of various types of organic matter. Made popular and refined by the Permaculture movements.

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Sequestration equilibrium

This is the term used to describe when your landscape has finally sequestered all of the carbon emitted to build it and is now a carbon sink, assisting the world in reducing atmospheric carbon.

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