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An ecocrite is a person who constantly does unevironmentally things until it suits them to be environmentally savvy.

Said person will usually use environmentalism to gain or as an excuse not do something.
Chick One: We were all keen to go to that new restaurant but Lorraine was concerned about our carbon footprint.

Chick Two: But doesn't she always leave lights on and stuff

Chick One: Yeh she is a real ecocrite. I think the real reason is that she is couldn't be bothered going out.

CNBF Annoying Lazy hippiecrite
ecocrite by madiidam October 27, 2010
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ecocriticism 

A state of being in which a person wakes up to the realization that nature is good and culture is bad, or at least not as good as nature.
Wow, we chopped down a lot of trees to write ecocriticism shit.
ecocriticism by ecoclit January 4, 2010
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