“GAIA” in italiano

However, in its Gaian mode, as a self-organizing, balancing system it shows harmonies, creative emergence and the sustenance of life.

If Gaia didn't luck upon the right system for that problem on the first try, things would quickly become grim.

Until we do, Gaia , the spirit of the living earth, is an idea to think about rather than an idea to think with.

Whereas a neo-Darwinist would see life as adapting to external conditions in the struggle for survival, the Gaian scientist sees external conditions being modified by life to suit life.

He advocated its use to alter the insect life of earth in order to venture beyond the homeostasis concept to the mythical state of Gaia .