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bright green

bright green adjective: of or relating to a form of environmentalism based on the belief that the convergence of technological change and social innovation provides the most successful path to sustainable development.

Adjective

bright green (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a form of environmentalism based on the belief that the convergence of technological change and social innovation provides the most successful path to sustainable development.
    • Alex Steffen and the other contributors to worldchanging.com - and this big book which the website has spawned - describe that puritanical branch of ecological thought as "dark green" and, in opposition, describe themselves as "bright green".[2007 March 17, Josh Lacey, “Review: Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about bright green

What does bright green mean?
Bright green means of or relating to a form of environmentalism based on the belief that the convergence of technological change and social innovation provides the most successful path to sustainable development.
What part of speech is bright green?
Bright green is an adjective.

Words near bright green in the dictionary

  1. bright as a new pin
  2. bright eyed and bushy tailed
  3. bright field
  4. bright giant
  5. bright giants
  6. bright green
  7. bright lights
  8. bright lights and cold steel
  9. bright line
  10. bright lines
  11. bright nail

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