Ecozoic

Ecozoic adjective: of or pertaining to the hypothesised Ecozoic era.

Adjective

Ecozoic (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the hypothesised Ecozoic era.
- The Ecozoic Era can be brought into being only by the integral life community itself. If other periods have been designated by such names as "Reptilian" or "Mammalian," this Ecozoic period must be identified as the Era of the Integral Life Community.1997, Thomas Berry, “The Ecozoic Era”, in Glenn Adelson et al., editors, Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology, Yale University Press, published 2008, page 360

Ecozoic

A geologic era, beginning in the late twentieth century, in which humans would be guided by ecological concerns and would behave in a less exploitative way toward the environment.
- Here we argue that the Ecozoic requires new approaches and new textbooks to tell a different story that more accurately reflects both new and old understandings of interconnectedness; engages with conceptualizations of the human and of being; reaffirms and celebrates other ways of knowing; and...2019, Ivan Vargas Roncancio et al., “From the Anthropocene to Mutual Thriving: An Agenda for Higher Education in the Ecozoic”, in Sustainability, volume 11, number 12, →DOI, pages 2–3

Coined by clergyman and scholar Thomas Berry in the early 1980s, from eco- + -zoic; compare Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic.

What does Ecozoic mean?: Ecozoic means of or pertaining to the hypothesised Ecozoic era.
What part of speech is Ecozoic?: Ecozoic can be an adjective or a proper noun.

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