I will sing of well-founded Gaia, mother of all, eldest of all beings.
She feeds all creatures that are in the world,
All that go upon the goodly land,
And all that are in the paths of the seas,
And all that fly: all these are fed of her store.
– Hesiod, Greek poet, 7th century BCE
The first time I heard these lines was in the autumn of 2001 in a class with Stephan Harding, who was teaching us Gaia theory as part of the Masters in Holistic Science course at Schumacher College. And of course, it didn’t take long – simply being ...
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