Alisha Richardson- Gaia

Eisenberg's Gaia hypothesis on page 145, "claims that the biosphere as a whole is a self-regulating system. How much of this is science and how much myth? Is Gaia an indulgent mother who will care for us no matter how badly we behave, or a jealous goddess who will strike us down in our pride?"

Hmm... an auto-pilot system which continues to function despite the amount of damage it receives? Sounds a little too good to be true. It's obvious there are limits to how much we can take from the earth. A couple crossing-the-line situations pop into mind: Chernobyl, oil spills, animal extinction. There's only so much rainforest left for us to destroy. 'Nonrenewable resource' is a self-explanatory label. There are some actions which can't be undone.

One thing is certain, ecological problems aren't going to just go away or get better by being ignored. We all have to work together to ensure a healthy, happy Gaia. We have to be planeteers, because saving our planet is the thing to do.