Ecological literacy

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Ecological literacy (also referred to as ecoliteracy [1]) is the ability to understand the natural systems that make life on earth possible. The term was coined by American educator David W. Orr in the 1990s^[1]. An ecologically literate society would be a sustainable society which did not destroy the natural environment on which they depend.

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¹Orr, David (1992). Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World. S.U.N.Y. Press, NY.
"Teaching kids to take care of the Earth," SFGate.com review of Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World, Edited by Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow.