UMary Allen
I-Ecology isayensi. Kungokwebhayoloji, isayensi yokuphila. Igama lesiGreki elithi "eco" lisho "indlu" noma "indlu". Kumayelana nokuhlalisana kwabantu nezinto zabo. I-Ecology imayelana nendlela izilwane nezitshalo ezihlala ngayo ndawonye. Yonke into ephilayo ibalulekile nakwezinye izidalwa eziphilayo, futhi ishintsha indawo ezihlala kuyo.
Isazi sezinto eziphilayo nendawo yazo ezungezile usosayensi ofunda umfudlana, isibonelo. Ihlathi, idlelo, noma umfudlana kubizwa ngokuthi i-ecosystem: Izinhlanzi, amaselesele, izinambuzane nezinye izilwane zihlala emanzini omfula. Kukhona nezitshalo lapho. Ungakwazi futhi ukubona izidalwa ogwini. Ngokwesibonelo, isazi semvelo sifuna ukuthola ukuthi zingaki izinhlanzi nezinambuzane ezikhona, nokuthi izinambuzane eziningi zisho ukuthi izinhlanzi eziningi ziyaphila ngoba zithola ukudla okwengeziwe.
Lapho bezwa igama elithi i-ecology, abantu abaningi bacabanga nje ngendawo ezungezile, engangcoliswa. Kubo, leli gama lisho into efana nokuvikelwa kwemvelo. Ngokuvamile uvele uthi “eco”. I-“eco-detergent” kuthiwa ayimbi kangako emvelweni. Iphathi eluhlaza kwesinye isikhathi ibizwa ngokuthi “i-eco-party”.