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| | The study of relationships among [[organism|organisms]] in [[ecosystem|ecosystems]].<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref> The term comes from the German "oekologie." | | The study of relationships among [[organism|organisms]] in [[ecosystem|ecosystems]].<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref> The term comes from the German "oekologie." |
| − | <ref>Lovelock, James ''Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth '' </ref>
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| − | <ref>Wilson, E.O. ''The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth'' </ref>
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| | Ecology is the study of how humanity learns that they are not ruled by god or mythological texts such as the Bible. Ecology states how the balance of life is based on scientific principals. In the [[biosphere]], each part is connected and dependent on all the other parts so that when corporations dump poisonous substance or radioactive waste into our neighborhoods, those toxins will end up killing life or creating diseases such as [[cancer]]. | | Ecology is the study of how humanity learns that they are not ruled by god or mythological texts such as the Bible. Ecology states how the balance of life is based on scientific principals. In the [[biosphere]], each part is connected and dependent on all the other parts so that when corporations dump poisonous substance or radioactive waste into our neighborhoods, those toxins will end up killing life or creating diseases such as [[cancer]]. |
| | Neoconservative corporate stooges and Christian nutcases insist that unregulated capitalism is good for humans but this ignores the basic reality of ecology. Unregulated capitalism and greed kill many people by ignoring the basic ecological principal that what you put into the environment stays in the environment. | | Neoconservative corporate stooges and Christian nutcases insist that unregulated capitalism is good for humans but this ignores the basic reality of ecology. Unregulated capitalism and greed kill many people by ignoring the basic ecological principal that what you put into the environment stays in the environment. |
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| | The best way to protect the environment is to pay attention to how you affect the ecology of the system of planet Earth. | | The best way to protect the environment is to pay attention to how you affect the ecology of the system of planet Earth. |
| − | Pay attention to how much you are consuming junk. Do not purchase usesless products from giant corporations. Buy locally produced goods. And above all, stop allowing religious nuts and neoconservatives to tell you that dumping poison into the environment is necessary for America. Read James Lovelock and E. O. Wilson rather than watch Fox News. | + | Pay attention to how much you are consuming junk. Do not purchase usesless products from giant corporations. Buy locally produced goods. And above all, stop allowing religious nuts and neoconservatives to tell you that dumping poison into the environment is necessary for America. Read James Lovelock and E. O. Wilson rather than watch Fox News.==References== |
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| − | | + | <ref>Lovelock, James ''Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth '' </ref> |
| | + | <ref>Wilson, E.O. ''The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth'' </ref> |
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