1. Home Home- a simple word, one that each of us as a person has used, thought of in our minds, felt about in our hearts, and/or possibly longed for in our souls. Mention the word home and it can have a variety of definitions, feelings, and reactions. Defining home can be very difficult and subjective. Wikipedia provides a collective insight: A home is a dwelling-place used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for an individual, family, household or several families in a tribe. It is often a house, apartment, or other building, or alternatively a mobile home, houseboat, yurt or any other portable shelter. Larger groups may live in a nursing home, children's home, convent or any similar institution. A homestead also includes agricultural land and facilities for domesticated animals. Where more secure dwellings are not available, people may live in the informal and sometimes illegal shacks found in slums and shanty towns. More generally, "home" may be considered to be a geographic area, such as a town, village, suburb, city, or country. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDWOccfuFb0 A home is generally a place that is close to the heart of the owner, and can become a prized possession. It has been argued that psychologically "The strongest sense of home commonly coincides geographically with a dwelling. Usually the sense of home attenuates as one moves away from that point, but it does not do so in a fixed or regular way." Since it can be said that humans are generally creatures of habit, the state of a person's home has been known to physiologically influence their behavior, emotions, and overall mental health. People may become homesick when they leave their home over an extended period of time. Places like homes can trigger self-reflection, thoughts about who someone is or used to be or who they might become. These types of reflections also occur in places where there is a collective historical identity, such as Gettysburg or Ground Zero. Popular sayings include "a man's home is his castle", "there is no place like home", "home sweet home", "to be at home", "home from home", "make yourself at home", "you can never go home again", Home is where the heart is, and "home is where you hang your hat".

2. ECO hopes that we can collectively take the beautify aspects of how we think or reflect on the aspect or idea of home and consider this as our home- Earth. This is a broader thought of home yet the homes that we have and the ideals about home all exist because we all live here on this planet. Defining home as the place that we live, we breathe, provides water, supplies us with food, and enables us to exists is the foundational form of home. We share our home with 7 billon people, a wide array of plants, animals, insects, and microorganisms. Our own personal interaction with our planets beauty and wonder provides us with an added sense of awe in our lives. Looking at earth as our home is the first defining paradigm that we hope we all can anchor and build on the aspect of sustainability from our collect understanding of home as defined as Earth. May this framework of our home be home is where our heart is! 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMJk8nJlDfQ 93 Million Miles Lyrics by Jason Mraz 93 million miles from the Sun People get ready, get ready, 'Cause here it comes it's a light A beautiful light Over the horizon in to your eyes Oh, my, my How beautiful Oh my beautiful mother She told me "Son in life you're gonna go far And if you do it right You'll love where you are Just know that wherever you go You can always come home" Ohhohhohh Ohhohhohh 240 thousand miles from the Moon You've come a long way to belong here, To share this view of the night A glorious night Over the horizon is another bright sky. Oh, my, my How beautiful Oh my irrefutable father He told me "Son sometimes it may seem dark But the absence of the light is a necessary part 4. Just know, that youre never alone You can always come back home" Ohhohhohh Ohhohhohh You can always come backback Every road is a slippery slope There is always a hand that you can hold on to. Looking deeper through the telescope You can see that your homes inside of you. Just know, that wherever you go Oh no you're never alone You will always get back home Ohhohhohh Ohhohhohh Ohhohh 5. 93 million miles from the Sun People get ready, get ready, 'Cause here it comes it's a light A beautiful light Over the horizon in to our eyes Ohhohhohh You can always get backback Every road is a slippery slope There is always a hand you can hold on to. Looking deeper through the telescope You can see that the homes inside of you. Just know, that wherever you go Oh no you're never alone You will always get back home Ohhohhohh Ohhohhohh Ohhohh You can always get back home 93 million miles from the Sun People get ready get ready, 'cause here it comes it's a light A beautiful light Over the horizon in to your eyes