The Definition of Integration


Here is a definition from the Digital Webster of the transitive verb, to integrate:
integrate, vt, to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole: UNITE.
Cultures are integrated by nature, understanding them requires holism, as in an ecosystem, ecology, cultural ecology.

And according to William Irwin Thompson, cultural ecology means:

structural coupling of a culture with its environment in an inseparable manner.

Revised 12 November 2000 by Ralph Abraham