Mary Allen
Ecology ndi sayansi. Ndi ya biology, sayansi ya moyo. Mawu achi Greek akuti "eco" amatanthauza "nyumba" kapena "nyumba". Ndi za kukhalirana kwa anthu ndi zinthu zawo. Ecology ndi momwe nyama ndi zomera zimakhalira pamodzi. Chamoyo chilichonse chilinso chofunikira kwa zamoyo zina, komanso amasintha malo omwe amakhala.
Katswiri wazachilengedwe ndi wasayansi yemwe amaphunzira za mtsinje, mwachitsanzo. Nkhalango, dambo, kapena mtsinje umatchedwa chilengedwe: Nsomba, achule, tizilombo ndi nyama zina zimakhala m'madzi a mtsinjewo. Palinso zomera kumeneko. Mukhozanso kuona zolengedwa pamphepete mwa nyanja. Mwachitsanzo, katswiri wa zachilengedwe akufuna kudziwa kuchuluka kwa nsomba ndi tizilombo zomwe zilipo, komanso ngati tizilombo tambiri tikutanthauza kuti nsomba zambiri zili ndi moyo chifukwa chakuti zimapeza zakudya zambiri.
Akamva mawu akuti ecology, anthu ambiri amangoganiza za chilengedwe, chomwe chingaipitsidwe. Kwa iwo, mawuwa amatanthauza chinthu chofanana ndi kuteteza chilengedwe. Nthawi zambiri mumangonena kuti "eco". "Eco-detergent" imanenedwa kukhala yoyipa kwambiri kwa chilengedwe. Phwando lobiriwira nthawi zina limatchedwa "eco-party".