Definition of "ecologist"
ecologist
noun
plural ecologists
Quotations
Planting trees to combat climate change is a waste of time, according to a study by ecologists who say that most forests do not have any overall effect on global temperature, while those furthest from the equator could actually be making global warming worse.
2006 December 15, Alok Jha, “Planting trees to save planet is pointless, say ecologists”, in The Guardian
Once ecologists have more thoroughly identified indoor species, they hope to come up with strategies to scientifically manage homes, by eliminating harmful taxa and fostering species beneficial to our health.
2013 May 27, Peter Andrey Smith, “Mapping the Great Indoors”, in The New York Times
(uncommon) An environmentalist (one who advocates for the protection of the environment).
Quotations
Despite the accomplishments and the vision of radical ecologists, however, most of the world's power is presently concentrated in economic systems and political institutions that bring about environmental deterioration.
2005, Carolyn Merchant, Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World, 2nd edition, Routledge, page 254
Second, throughout the 1970s, the party Executive guaranteed its support to numerous ecologists’ protest actions, and formed a number of broader umbrella organizations with ecology groups and smaller parties on the Left in order to facilitate communication, share ideas and strategies, and organize and promote common social initiatives on environmental matters.
2016, Lorenzo Bosi, Marco Giugni, Katrin Uba, editors, The Consequences of Social Movements, Cambridge University Press, page 274