Claim: Ecological literacy is the ability to understand the natural systems that make life on earth possible and to be ecoliterate means understanding the principles of organization of ecological communities and using those principles for creating sustainable human communities.
Evidence: Ecological literacy (also referred to as ecoliteracy) is the ability to understand the natural systems that make life on earth possible. To be ecoliterate means understanding the principles of organization of ecological communities (i.e. ecosystems) and using those principles for creating sustainable human communities.