ecological

However, the ecological arguments for vegetarianism around sustainability and CO2 emission seem sound for the standard american lifestyle.

The fact is, that the Earth has had worse ecological disasters than the human species (although not many, and most of them were caused by big asteroid impacts[1]).

What can we do to educate folks about the ecological threat to large commercial oceanic shell fish farming?

The novel dynamics documented here shed light on the ecological circumstances that contribute to the stability of mixed groups of predators and potential prey.

There's so many interesting things happening there from an ecological standpoint, and it's not like we're hurting for volcanoes around here.

Before the degree of my ORA was known, I did play at being vegetarian for 6 months for ecological, not moral reasons.

I'm just pointing out how ecological & biological systems work, the consequences of the status quo, & how things can be improved.

I'm also completely passing over the potential ecological harm caused by pesticides.

If we reward ecological, service and aesthetic contributions in a similar way we reward the exchange of scarce goods and services in the economy today...

To argue that humanity is incapable of screwing with climate in any significant way when we are clearly overriding natural ecological cycles is pure inanity.

What are the planetary ecological limits?

I know there are better understood and more imminent ecological disasters that accompany burning coal and oil (tailing ponds, mountaintop removal, air pollution and associated chronic illness).

And no, "disposal" of antibiotics is not a big ecological problem whereas pharmaceutical hormones clearly are.

Using the google dictionary definition, "the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills." What they are are intelligent about varies, and the assumption that intelligence arises rarely is dangerous to ecological and environmental decision making.

"...the Earth has had worse ecological disasters than the human species..." True, but they were a long time ago and the human species wasn't around to experience them.

At least in my experience, when someone points "the earth will be fine", it's typically followed with a simple example of some natural phenomena that exerts more one-time ecological stress than a given societal issue and then they're done.