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Ecotropism or ecotropic from Eco, meaning the hearth (from which words like ecology and economy are derived, and "Tropic," meaning to turn towards. The basic philosophy of ecotropism and ecotropics argues that to be healthy human culture itself must inhabit an ecological niche, and thereby, relate appropriately with all the co-evolving forces, organic and inorganic. In short, human culture must turn towards the environment for a sustainable and meaningful future.
I am the inventor of the word Ecotropism. The word was first used in the seventies and in the title of a book--Ecotropic Works which included writers of great note from Lynn Margulis to Vandana Shiva. Type in Ecotropism in Google and you will not find that it is without notice. Stop erasing information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.35.224.182 (talk) 04:43, 1 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
Should we move the science definition to the being primary one? I appreciate that the person who introduced the definition that comes first at the moment claims to have invented the word, and so knows its first meaning, but a swift Google search for ecotropic reveals that the vast majority of hits relate to the far more common science usage, and the other hits relate only to one poet. Should we change the article to reflect this? 131.111.186.95 (talk) 10:54, 10 March 2010 (UTC)Reply
I've moved the scientific definition to being the primary one. I feel justified in doing this as I notice that the article Ecotropics was deleted from wikipedia, and there is no article about the man who invented this philosophy (which, if it were as important as the article implied, I'm sure there would be). I haven't removed the information completely as I don't know why the Ecotropics article was deleted. 131.111.186.95 (talk) 17:27, 10 March 2010 (UTC)Reply
I've removed the section added by an ip who claims to have coined the term. Can't find any sources to indicate its use. GobonoboTC04:56, 6 July 2010 (UTC)Reply