Glossary
absorptive capacity The capacity of the ecological system to absorb environmentally harmful substances over a certain period of time and decompose them without undermining the vitality of the system. A distinction can be made between stock pollution and fund pollution. For stock pollution (such as dioxin) the absorption capacity, in the sense of decomposition capacity, is non-existent or negligible. The aggregate fund emissions of companies are only non-sustainable once the absorption capacity is insufficient over a certain period of time.15
anthroposophy A worldview focusing on the awareness of the unity of life, individual and world. Anthroposophy is not a religion or belief, but a spiritual science, that is to say that man can ...
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