vocabulary Unit 1: Necessities: Less stuff more happiness

 - Harm the planetHarm - hurt - injury Hill´s website promotes a lifestyle that doesn´t harm the planet.   - Sort = Type What sorts of actions or choices do you think he recommends or discourages?   - To get rid of = to clear of = to free of How easy do you find it to get rid of stuff?   - Treehugger = ecologist Hug = embrace (abrazo) Dedicated to = devoted to = committed to  He founded Treehugger.com, a website dedicated to promoting a lifestyle that doesn´t harm the planet and to making complex environmental issues easier to understand.   - To be worth +ing = be good enough to = merit Idea worth spreading  - Spread = propagate = expand Hill´s "idea worth spreading" is that we can actually be happier with fewer things, so long as we are able to edit our lives in smart, practical ways.    - As long as = so long as = provided (that) = providing (that) (mientras que = con la condición de que)  I will come to visit you tomorrow, provided it doesn´t rain She´ll talk to you provided you listen You can stay, providing you help As long as you can come by six,I´ll be there   - Flat-lined (vb): stopped increasing, but didn´t decrease  Even though I had everything money could buy, my happiness was flat-lined     - To crowdsource = to appeal for  = to ask a lot of people for sth (advice, money, ideas...) via internet   I crowdsourced advice on the best green holiday options. I crowdsourced idea for a new employment I crowdsource money for help...     - To clear the arteries of = removed unnecessary stuff from the inner workings of  Deleting my old photographs cleared the arteries of my computer   - Extraneous = external = not essential The simple design avoided extraneous elements that would detract from the clean look. Detract from = take away from   - Stem the inflow = reduce the inward (towards the inside) movement The recycling campaign has helped to stem the inflow of waste into our local landfill site (site for burying waste)   - Nest - fit one inside the other The bowls are three different sizes,so they nest, maling them easy to store.