**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**Certification Pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of2002**

 

### **I, JirkaRysavy, certify that:**

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### **1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report onForm 10-Q of Gaiam, Inc.;**

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### **2.  Based on my knowledge, this quarterly reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this quarterly report;**

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### **3.  Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this quarterly report;**

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### **4.  The registrant’s other certifying officersand I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrantand we have:**

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### **a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is beingprepared;**

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### **b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to thefiling date of this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”); and**

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### **c) presented in this quarterly report our conclusions aboutthe effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on ourevaluation as of the Evaluation Date;**

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### **5.  The registrant’s other certifying officersand I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent function):**

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### **a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operationof internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified forthe registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and**

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### **b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal controls; and**

 

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### **6.  The registrant’s other certifying officersand I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there weresignificant changes in internal controls or in other factors that couldsignificantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our mostrecent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses.**

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### **Date:July 29, 2003**

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| **/s/ Jirka Rysavy**                 |   |
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| **Jirka Rysavy**                     |
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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