Gaia will become an even more important idea in the twenty-first century which will be the century of the Earth. James Lovelock looks at the world and sees it whole. Thus he restores the true purpose of science. He liberates science from the commercial, political and academic straitjacket. We are delighted to publish a chapter from Lovelock's autobiography, Homage to Gaia.
Science needs to work within spiritual, ethical, ecological and social constraints.
The Prince further suggested that at present scientists spend a disproportionately large amount of their time, talent and money on things like genetic engineering. Like Gaia, an organic approach to life is another great idea of the twentieth century which will become more and more important in times to come. The third great idea pursued in Resurgence is the idea of scale. E. F. Schumacher popularized this concept in his well-known book, Small is Beautiful. In this issue Vandana Shiva takes up that idea in the context of small farmers versus large corporations.