After reading the required reading section, The Gaia hypothesis and The Three C's are the arguments that stood out the most to me. James Lovelock proposes the Gaia hypothesis, where the word "Gaia" is ancient Greek for earth goddess. It is in fact, a scientific hypothesis that states that "a model of the biosphere as a (super)organism, capable of complex organic response in maintaining an internal environment required for its own life, much as a beehive, also a (super) organism, is able to control its internal temperature" (pg 129). Depth ecologist have interpreted his hypothesis as Mother Earth, in a romantic sense, "who cares for her children, animals, and all the members of the biotic community" (pg 130). However, radical views have developed that say that the earth is angry with us and is raising its temperature, like humans when they have a fever, in order to exterminate the infection or virus.
The three c's, cars, cattle, and chain-saws are the major contributing factors that have caused the earth to start this process. Cars continue to pollute the air and cause the ozone layer to begin to disentegrate. The over production of cattle cause lands to be depleted of food and contributeto the overpopulation of humans by providing food. And chain-saws that continue to take down trees, thus causing greenhouse gases to remain in the atmosphere.
The Gaia hypothesis and the three C's are can interpreted as raher harsh arguments propossed by radical depth ecologist, however, the "truth hurts." These arguments call for a necessary and radical change in our society or else, if we do not stop being an infection to the earth, its immune system will go all out on us.
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