IB French Environment Vocabulary

Environment

L'environnement

Public transports

Les transports en commun

glass

Le verre

cardboard

Le carton

paper

Le papier

A machine

Un engin

Renewable energy

Une �nergie (renouvelable)

Insufficient, inadequate

insuffisant

Available

disponible

To save someone or an animal

Sauver

To save some money

�conomiser

To reduce

R�duire

To decrease/ to lower

Baisser

To diminish

Diminuer

To use something

Se servir de

To recycle

recycler

To sort out

trier

To protect

prot�ger

To distribute/ hand out

Distribuer

To end up/ to find oneself

Se retrouver

To cease/ to stop doing

Cesser (de)

To notice

Constater

To notice

remarquer

To bury

enfouir

To make, to manufacture

Fabriquer

To recover, to salvage, to pick up

R�cup�rer

To spend ( money)

D�penser

To avoid

Eviter de

To act

agir

To eliminate

�liminer

It is high time we did something

Il est grand temps qu'on fasse quelque chose

Act now!

Agissez maintenant!

Rather than ...

Plut�t que de prendre un bain, prenez une douche!

Instead of

Au lieu de (+ infinitive)

Waste disposal

L'�limination des d�chets

plastic carrier bag

un sac en plastique

packaging

l'emballage

organic

biologique/bio

green/ ecological

vert/�cologique

to travel by bus

se d�placer en bus

compost heap

un tas de compost

central heating

le chauffage central

to waste

gaspiller

not to leave the TV on stand-by

ne pas laisser la t�l� sur pause

tin can

une boite de conserve

car sharing

le co-voiturage

to car share

faire du covoiturage

biodegradable

biod�gradable

to throw away

jeter

to get rid of

se d�barrasser de