HUMAN

ECOLOGY LAWS
16 Human Ecology Laws
1. Law of Interrelatedness (“we are all together”)
• This is a famous “no man is an island”.

2. Law of Conservation of Energy (“you can’t get something from

nothing”)

• This means, we cannot create energy nor we can destroy it. It

is only "transformed". Energy is elsewhere. We usually fi nd
ways how to collect or harness this energy for our benefi t so
things may work for us. The word "conservation" here refers
to the fact that energy is not lost when it's used but just
converts into another form.
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3. Second Law of Thermodynamics (“there’s overall decrease in amount of
usefulness”)

4. Law of Conservation of Matter (“there is no away”)

5. Law of Continuous Creation (“everything becomes something else”)

• These two(4 and 5) laws above are similar. It applies the same principle
that matter is neither created nor destroyed but transformed as well just
like energy.
• There is no “away”.
The matter yesterday is the same matter as today. It may not be the same
look because it already transformed into a new look. Matter exists in various
states (solid, liquid, gas, plasma).
When water evaporates, it becomes gas. The former liquid matter is not
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6. The Diversity Principle ("there's unity in differences")
• Our differences is actually a strength. Balance is achieved
mysteriously despite diversity. Evolutionary processes created
various traits favorable for survival. One is essential and nothing
is expendable. The role played by one organism determines the
success of another species or even their survival.
7. Nature Knows Best ("nature knows best but not all the time")
• You can relate here the present pandemic pressing at our world
at the moment. You see, we get also the same treatments or way
of alleviating our health problems from nature itself.
8. Your Environment Is You ("you shape building, your building
shapes you")
• The way you treat your home actually refl ects the kind of place
where you live in.
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9. The Environmental Bill of Rights ("right to live in clean environment")
• All humans deserve to live in a clean environment.
For example, we noticed in our barangay that there is a very untidy area with
some garbage are left behind. This leaves foul stench that invites insects like
flies and pests such as rats scavenging on any leftovers. We help by raising and
voicing out our concerns to our community and even to local officials to act and
urge one another in keeping our communities clean, safe and livable for
everyone.

10. The Rights of the Unborn (“give the unborn a clean place to live in”)

11. The Responsibility of the Born (“pass to the next generation the nature
undamaged”)
• The two laws above are also the same. We are all responsible for passing to the
next generation a sustainable, clean, safe, and livable home.
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12. The Law of Equity ("all is equal to live in dignity and peace")

13. The Goal of the Society ("comfortable living is the goal of the
society")

A sustainable community can make this possible. More work and

opportunities can ensure order by keeping people and their families
well provided and sustained. Every society must have this goal to
ensure success among members of community.

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14. Technology: Part of the Problem, Part of the Solution
("technology gives and takes")
• Always consider that technology always have positive and
negative impacts. As Lewis Wolpert once said, "Reliable scientific
knowledge is value free and has no moral ethical value. Science
tells us how the world is... Dangers and ethical issue arise only
when science is applied as technology."

15. Give Earth a Chance (‘nature is inevitably pursuing it’s need to

change for better or worse”)

16. Brontosaurus Principle (“the bigger the better, or the bigger the
worse”.)
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That’s All Thank You!!!

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