Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The regions of the universe, especially on the earth, that are capable of supporting life; the biosphere.
Wiktionary
- n. The portion of the atmosphere from sea-level to about 4000 meters in which it is possible to breathe without technological assistance.
- n. the biosphere
Examples
“Loving your right to a gas-guzzling car over protection of the ecosphere is a form of necrophilia.”
“The dissertation topics that spring to mind are whether the ecosphere is the sort of thing you can care for or only about and type-type trope nihilism I hope I am remembering that correctly.”
Economic Literacy Via Philosophy?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“How can laws designed to protect the ecosphere, on which life depends, be regarded by Cameron and Cable as "red tape"?”
“This is true even if one does not read the books themselves; the debate the public consumes now lacks the information and arguments that would previously have filtered into the ecosphere of political and cultural debate because nobody else is aware of them either.”
The Huffington Post: Eric Alterman: Think Again: When Books Disappear
“The field of sustainability management is now being developed and requires managers to move beyond an understanding of an organization's financial, human and strategic resources; managers must develop a more sophisticated understanding of their organization's use of resources and their impact on the ecosphere.”
“Discovering rocky planets in every astronomical ecosphere, none of which could manage more than a kind of proto-life.”
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“We can no longer just ignore what is taking place before our eyes, pretending that some environmental agency will provide the solution and it will all get better; to the contrary, every sign seems to point to the reality that life on earth is changing at a rapid rate, that biological degradation from pesticides, plastics and chemicals is increasing in every part of the ecosphere.”
The Huffington Post: William Spear: Adapting to a New World of Invisible Toxins
“Machine Dazzle's textured set design and costumes together with Ben Kato's dreamy lighting marry the Galli with their world - an exquisite ecosphere delicately in balance with its excess, where femme glamour unabashedly tangles with organic matter.”
“We hope for their speedy recovery and for the success of you and other wine entities that make up the ecosphere of wine (online and off).”
Vinfolio, a fine wine retailer, restructures | Dr Vino's wine blog
“Our nation's wealth requires lots of energy and material resources and a well-managed ecosphere.”
The Huffington Post: Steven Cohen: The Transition to Sustainability Management is Finally Underway
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ecosphere’.
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AGRI - sustainable agriculture
abiota, aborigines, absorptive capacity, acceptable daily ..., acclimation, acid precipitation, acquired by weeds..., active solar heating, acute, adaptation, additives, aerosol and 447 more...
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The Environment
biome, climax community, biofuel, chlorofluorocarbons, understory, desertification, gasohol, irreversibilities, overstory, high-grading, bioplastics, sustainability and 88 more...
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