Ecological Restoration

noun the process of making something thinner or less dense

adjective becoming thinner or less dense

• The process of thinning the forest is necessary to prevent wildfires.
• I'm thinking of thinning out my wardrobe because I have too many clothes.
• I need to start thinning out my friend group, too many toxic people around.
• Her patience was thinning as she waited for her appointment to start.

noun a plant of the pea family with small purple, pink, or white flowers, cultivated for fodder and green manure

• The farmer planted vetch as a cover crop to improve the soil's fertility.
• I saw some vetch growing wild by the roadside.
• Let's go check out that field of vetch over there.
• Her mind was like a tangled mess of vetch, with thoughts weaving in and out unpredictably.

noun a system of agricultural and social design principles centered around simulating or directly utilizing the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems.

• Permaculture is a sustainable design system aimed at creating self-sufficient ecosystems.
• I've been learning about permaculture and how it can help us live more harmoniously with nature.
• Permaculture is all about working smarter, not harder, in the garden.
• In a world full of chaos, permaculture offers a blueprint for living in harmony with the environment.

noun a method of planting seeds by encasing them in a mixture of clay and compost, often used for guerrilla gardening to beautify urban spaces

• The practice of seed bombing involves dispersing seeds in a specific area to promote vegetation growth.
• Let's go seed bombing in that empty lot down the street to make it look nicer.
• Seed bombing is a cool way to guerrilla garden and beautify urban spaces.
• Her words were like seed bombing, planting ideas in our minds that would grow and flourish over time.