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Cultural Literacy and Eco Literacy Cultural literacy is the understanding of what certain phrases mean and their context. Phrases like “the fall of man” or “as holey as Swiss cheese” demand some kind of understanding of the cultural background, the history... More

Cultural Literacy and Eco Literacy Cultural literacy is the understanding of what certain phrases mean and their context. Phrases like “the fall of man” or “as holey as Swiss cheese” demand some kind of understanding of the cultural background, the history of humankind, in order to correctly interpret it. In fact, so many phrases in English are tied up with idioms like these that foreigners often are unable to understand our language, and vice versa with foreign idioms. It has to do with history and historical context. It has to do with understanding our world more than just what our individual expertise covers. Ecological literacy has to do with understanding how living organisms grow, mutate, take over other living organisms, survive, thrive, die off, and reproduce. Eco systems are complex situations involving both animals and vegetation, and which involves the cooperation of each participant in order for every other part of the cycle to be able to perform its function. When l Less