What does Gaia mean?
Gaia is the Greek goddess, which personifies the Earth itself. The word Gaia is a compound of two elements: Ge meaning the Earth and Aia meaning Grandmother, often Gaia is referred to as the Mother of Earth.
In modern times the name Gaia has been connected to environmental theories. The Gaia theory of James Lovelock, first published in 1969, proposes that all living organisms and inorganic material on the Earth are part of a living dynamic system, which maintains the Earth as a fit environment for life.
Read James Lovelock's explanation of Gaia
