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A New Word For Earth Efficiency: Eartheency
Earth E Ency can set you free
Please pronounce it with all four syllables: Earth E En-Cy, as if it were “Earth E. N. C.”
Finding the words
In a great recent article about climate consciousness, Joanne Roche asked for ideas to describe our need to become more articulate when it comes to the ever-increasing urgent needs of our planet, and our human need to comprehend our interactions with Earth. A new word is requested.
My humble entry is Eartheency. Again, that’s said like Earth E. N. C. However, like any useful portmanteau, it comes together , as one fluid, word.
Nature, as revealed by science is all about efficiency. If we could learn from Nature, we could learn not to produce trash, but only nutrients. Nature does not create trash, and in fact, no other entity on Earth — save humans — produces trash.
Our emissions, the pollution of greenhouse gases, is a kind of trash. Our inefficiency at being responsible with that trash is the problem as most simply described. Efficiency is our salvation.
Earth has the answers we need
Earth, our only living home provides the answer. Earth provides through inspiration, beauty, sustenance, and belonging. Earth’s efficiency…