MrGrzv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Very well done presentation. Ecology should not be considered as a hermetic science, but more like a way of living. Green lifestyle...

bmxpunker2005 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

cool video

macrodactyl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@FaustSketcher Ecology was originally coined by Ernst Haeckel and defined in the way that Darwin and others before him referred to the polis and economy of nature. My previous post paraphrased definition of Haeckel's from a classical ecology textbook. Your argument that we understood what he meant with the video is false, because it is replicating the error of misunderstanding. Ecology is very important and so are definitions. The video is nice, but it is environmentalism.

macrodactyl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@FaustSketcher"By ecology we mean the body of knowledge concerning the economy of nature--the investigation of the total relations of the animal both to its organic and to its organic environment; including, above all, its friendly and inimical relations with those animals and plants with which it comes directly or indirectly into contact--in a word, ecology is the study of all those complex relations referred to by Darwin as the conditions of the struggle for existence."

macrodactyl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@FaustSketcher Actually, ecology is a complex science and it is more than a science. It is a science in the sense that scientists study the relations of life to the abiotic and biotic conditions that surround them. Is is also about the actual events that are taking place on the planet beyond the study. I am very skeptical of your claim that "we all understood". Most people score very low on their scientific understanding of things, let alone ecology. This video is not about ecology.

1student1984 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ecology is not picking up litter and reducing polution. As an ecologist i can tell you its the study of animal and plant population how they interact and the factors that effect them. so basically the whole natural world. to reduce negative effects on this u need to reduce pollution etc

SocialistKen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@KemperIndustries Same! I'll probably cure cancer or something. No big deal...

KemperIndustries (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i am a junior in high school and am in AP classes, i have no idea what i want to major in, in college but i enjoy nature and wildlife and i am looking into becoming and ecologist but i am still not sure

whitney29968 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i want to put this video on powerpoint how do i do that????

CorrelatedCausation (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@FaustSketcher Regardless of everyone knowing ecology is a science or not (a pretty bold claim, statistically), it is important that the two are not confused for each other. Even with a heart-warming video such as this one, the caveat should be inserted. I enjoyed the video, but a lot of hassle would be saved to use the correct terminology.