Home economics, also called domestic science or family and consumer sciences, is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues, housing and interior design, nutrition and food preparation, as well as textiles and apparel. Much less common today, it was, and is, mostly taught in secondary school or high school.
A training class 1985 at Wittgenstein Reifenstein schools
A group of students studying home science theory at State High School.
Home economics class in Ottawa, Canada, 1959
Gardening in Ofleiden, 1898
Human ecology is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study of the relationship between humans and their natural, social, and built environments. The philosophy and study of human ecology has a diffuse history with advancements in ecology, geography, sociology, psychology, anthropology, zoology, epidemiology, public health, and home economics, among others.
Part of the built environment – suburban tract housing in Colorado Springs, Colorado
A bumblebee pollinating a flower, one example of an ecosystem service