The GAIA Hypothesis that Kohak describes is James Lovelock's view on earth as a superorganism. Lovelock talks about how GAIA can be both spiritual and also scientific to the earth and deep ecologists strongly support Lovelock's GAIA philosophy.
With that said, Lovelock went against the deep ecologists perspective when he talked about the actions of mankind. He has more care for the GAIA, rather than human beings. He thinks that humans actions towards our environment is uncalled for and he believes that one day there will be a greater species of human beings. Lovelock wants humans to take care of the environment while we are alive and he realizes that the earth has been here for forever and we shouldn't hurt it while we are alive, but rather protect it.
I do agree with some of Lovelock's points on how we should take care and treat our environment. But it isn't right to not care for mankind like he does (and I believe his statement towards mankind is fairly ignorant). In my personal opinion, I feel that both the environment and mankind needs to be evened out. What I mean is that we wouldn't be here without the earth, but the earth wouldn't be the same without mankind in it.
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