The echo-system

Some people pronounce the word ecosystem as "ee-ko-system," and others as "eh-ko-system." I was listening to someone who says the latter, and had an interesting mis-hearing.

I heard it as echo-system.

And then it occurred to me how perfect this is. The interconnection of nature means that everything we do spreads out like ripples in a pond, or sound in an echo chamber. It comes back, interacts with itself, loops around, and heads out again. We live in a vast echo-system, so we should be careful what we send out into it.