environment

definition of echo

The word eco is a term widely used today to refer to a very important phenomenon such as ecology. The prefix echo comes from the Greek language in which oikos means home. Eventually, the word became a prefix used to refer to planet Earth as our home and everything that happens in it on a biological, natural or geological level will thus be related to the idea of ​​echo. In common language, eco is used to designate everything that is linked to sustainable practices and that have caring for the environment as the main objective.

Today the prefix eco can easily be related to words like ecology, ecological, ecosystem. In all cases we speak of words that refer to nature and in the specific case of ecology, we are also pointing to a relatively new science or study that aims to care for and preserve the environment. This area of ​​natural sciences emerged at the end of the 20th century as a consequence of the increasing degradation of the natural space that human beings were carrying out from their industrial activities. Ecology is then dedicated to finding solutions to those problems that can still be managed and to preventing those damages that are already irreversible from advancing or becoming more complex. For example, ecology can deal both with the work so that an animal species in danger of extinction recovers its volume and number, as well as with new technologies that cause less or zero damage to the planet, about the different daily practices that one can carry out. carried out to improve the environment, etc.

But in common language the prefix echo is usually used in isolation since it tends to be instantly related to this idea of ​​ecology. Thus, it is usual to say that a person is an echo, or that an action is an echo, or that an event is an echo, always referring to the fact that this element or subject is taking into account the factors that characterize the ecology and help care for the environment. Issues such as consuming food responsibly and without resorting to industrialized products, reserving or not wasting energy, not using polluting means of transport, leading a more natural lifestyle are all examples of actions that would normally be classified as "eco".

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