ˌekəˈlɔdʒɪkəl adjective (Environment)
Concerned with ecology or
green issues;
hence, environment-friendly,
environmental.
Etymology:
For etymology, see ecoand ecology.
History and Usage: Ecological
has developed in
very much the same way as environmental
during the
past ten years, developing the
sense 'concerned with environmental issues' in the seventies (see ecology below) and the
more elliptical sense 'environment-friendly' in the
early eighties. It seems it can
already be
economical (though
surely not ecological) to fly
cargo to London for
onward trucking to Paris and points
east, and vice versa.
Guardian 19
June 1990, p. 15