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Ecology
e-col-o-gy / noun
1 the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
• (also human ecology) the study of the interaction of people with their environment.
2 (also Ecology) the political movement that seeks to protect the environment, esp. from pollution.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.(originally as oecology): from Greek oikos ‘house’ + -logy .
Ecology.
Ecology is basically the study of how everything is related to everything else.
Did you know the word comes from the Greek oikos which means “house” + logy (study of). So, ecology is basically the study of the “house.”
I think that’s amazing.
Our world is one big house—everything (yes, everything) is RELATED to everything else just like a family living in a house.
Stunning.
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How’s your house?
