Ecological theory has also been used to explain self-emergent regulatory phenomena at the planetary scale: for example, the Gaia hypothesis is an example of holism applied in ecological theory.

While there were a number of precursors to Gaia theory, the first scientific form of this idea was proposed as the Gaia hypothesis by James Lovelock, a UK chemist, in 1970.

The Gaia hypothesis deals with the concept of homeostasis, and claims the resident life forms of a host planet coupled with their environment have acted and act as a single, self-regulating system.

The first scientifically rigorous theory was the Gaia hypothesis by James Lovelock, a UK chemist.

The Gaia hypothesis is sometimes viewed from significantly different philosophical perspectives.

Anne Primavesi is an ecologist and theologian she is the author of two books dealing with the Gaia hypothesis and theology.

* Gaia hypothesis ( James Lovelock's ideas )

He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the biosphere is a self-regulating entity with the capacity to keep our planet healthy by controlling the chemical and physical environment.

On 8 May 2012, he appeared on the Radio Four series " The Life Scientific ", talking to Jim al-Khalili about the Gaia hypothesis.

First formulated by Lovelock during the 1960s as a result of work for NASA concerned with detecting life on Mars, the Gaia hypothesis proposes that living and non-living parts of the Earth form a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.

Named after the Greek goddess Gaia at the suggestion of novelist William Golding, the hypothesis postulates that the biosphere has a regulatory effect on the Earth's environment that acts to sustain life.

While the Gaia hypothesis was readily accepted by many in the environmentalist community, it has not been widely accepted within the scientific community.

The New Age movement includes elements of older spiritual and religious traditions ranging from atheism and monotheism through classical pantheism, naturalistic pantheism, pandeism, panentheism, and polytheism combined with science and Gaia philosophy ; particularly archaeoastronomy, astronomy, ecology, environmentalism, the Gaia hypothesis, psychology and physics.

This proposal is known as the Gaia hypothesis.

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She is also associated with the Gaia hypothesis, based on an idea developed by the English environmental scientist James Lovelock.

He is committed to the Gaia hypothesis, to feminism, and to full inclusion of LGBT people within Judaism.

* Gaia hypothesis

This category might include James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis ; the theory that the planet earth alters its geo-physiological structure over time in order to ensure the continuation of an equilibrium of evolving organic and inorganic matter.

The game models the Gaia hypothesis of James Lovelock ( who assisted with the design and wrote an introduction to the manual ), and one of the options available to the player is the simplified " Daisyworld " model.

) Key concepts include what would come to be known as the Gaia hypothesis, pantheism, and a Christlike " world leader " living on the planet " Altair " ( or " Stellair "), who radiates spiritual guidance by means of telepathy.

In his 1988 book The Ages of Gaia he states: " I have never regarded nuclear radiation or nuclear power as anything other than a normal and inevitable part of the environment.

The Gaia theory states that the Earth's atmospheric composition is kept at a dynamically steady state by the presence of life.

Lovelock himself states in the original Gaia book that even that is not true ; given the possibilities, the biosphere may multiply in the future by colonizing other planets, as humankind may be the primer by which Gaia will reproduce.

In 1997, Tyler Volk argued that a Gaian system is almost inevitably produced as a result of an evolution towards far-from-equilibrium homeostatic states that maximise entropy production, and Kleidon ( 2004 ) agreed stating: "... homeostatic behavior can emerge from a state of MEP associated with the planetary albedo "; "... the resulting behavior of a biotic Earth at a state of MEP may well lead to near-homeostatic behavior of the Earth system on long time scales, as stated by the Gaia hypothesis ".

Foucault then develops a holistic account of power and uses methods not too dissimilar to the astonishing and outstanding Medieval Islamic polymaths scholars Alhazen, Ibn Sīnā, and Ibn Khaldūn and to a lesser extant prominent science figures from 20th century science such as ; Gregory Bateson, James Lovelock ( the founder of Gaia hypothesis ) and Robert N. Proctor ( Proctor who coined the term Agnotology ) and urges us to think outside the box of this new kind of power, therefore, opening up the possibilities of further investigations into this new perceived, impenetrable nature of biopower and according to Foucault he asks us to remember, this type of power is never neutral nor is it independent from the rest of society but are embedded within society functioning as embellished ' control technology ' specifics. Foucault argues ; nation states, police, government, legal practices, human sciences and medical institutions have their own rationale, cause and effects, strategies, technologies, mechanisms and codes and have managed successfully in the past to obscure there workings by hiding behind observation and scrutiny.

This species has been an inspiration for James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis which claims that living organisms collectively self regulate biogeochemistry and climate at nonrandom metastable states.

Throughout the fourth book Gaia is actively trying to track him down, as he was a mysterious but famous serial killer who's had many victims in different states.

Gaia states that she was starting to like him for his laid back attitude, until she found out he was a sexual predator.

However, he also states that, despite there being several models with the same appearance, he is a unique being that would be willing to sacrifice himself to protect Gaia .< ref > Cait Sith: " I can protect the Planet too!

Political Gaians are a relatively recent offshoot of the ecology movement — and get their name from the Gaia hypothesis, a postulate first devised by James Lovelock holding that the biosphere tends to homeorhetic balance or even homeostasis ( with the implication that human beings should be working toward such balances or states.

In Ancient Greece there were several cults worshipping the " Kourotrophos ", the suckling mother, represented by goddesses such as Gaia, Hera and Artemis.

Building to some degree on his observations and artifacts, e. g. the Dymaxion map of the Earth he created, others began to ask if there was a way to make the Gaia theory scientifically sound.

According to James Kirchner there is a spectrum of Gaia hypotheses, ranging from the undeniable to radical.

The game concept relies on there being several realities that may appear when the Illusion shatters: Metropolis is the original city which interconnects with all great cities, Inferno and its purgatories where humans are held captive and tortured after death, and Gaia which connects to nature and nature's destructive forces.

In Hesiod's telling of Zeus's birth, when Great Gaia came to Crete and hid the child Zeus in a " steep cave ", beneath the secret places of the earth, on Mount Aigaion with its thick forests ; there the Cretan Kouretes ' ritual clashing spears and shields were interpreted by Hellenes as intended to drown out the infant god's cries, and prevent his discovery by his cannibal father Cronus.

Thus when Apollo the infant was grown he pursued Python, making his way straight for Mount Parnassus where the serpent dwelled, and chased it to the oracle of Gaia at Delphi ; there he dared to penetrate the sacred precinct and kill it with his arrows beside the rock cleft where the priestess sat on her tripod.

Daisyworld was designed to refute the idea that there was anything inherently mystical about the Gaia hypothesis that Earth's surface displays homeostatic and homeorhetic properties similar to those of a living organism.

However, the Earth as a unit does not match the generally accepted biological criteria for life itself ( for example, there is no evidence to suggest that " Gaia " has reproduced ).

Are there parts of the system determined pragmatically by whatever disciplinary study is being undertaken at any given time or are there a set of parts that should be taken as most true for understanding Gaia as containing evolving organisms over time?

It stated that at first there was only a primordial deity called Chaos, who gave birth to various other primordial gods, such as Gaia, Tartarus and Eros, who then gave birth to more gods, the Titans, who then gave birth to the first Olympians.

Among the creatures known as life, there is a competition to evolve, and the best lifeform will eventually be granted the privilege of entering the Garden of Eden and becoming the husband and partner of Gaia.

There are some intentions to merge the municipalities of Porto with Gaia and Matosinhos into a single and greater municipality, and there is an ongoing civil requisition for that objective.

In Ancient Greece there were several cults worshiping the " Kourotrophos ", the suckling mother, represented by goddesses such as Gaia, Hera and Artemis.

This supports an argument that she is not Gaia, but Italia, for historically there was famine at the scene ’ s event.

* In Gaia Online, there is a character named Brennivin who owns one of the shops and is apparently Icelandic.

Gaia finds out there is another organization other than Loki's.

When David was incapacitated by Gaia, Gaia and Ed decide to leave him there, thinking the police will find him.