Stephan Harding
Stephan Harding (8 July 1953 – 2 September 2024) was a British zoologist and ecologist. He specialized in holism and the Gaia hypothesis and was a founding member of Schumacher College, where he coordinated the master's program in holistic sciences.
Stephan Harding | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 July 1953 |
| Died | 2 September 2024 (aged 71) United Kingdom |
| Education | Durham University Oxford University |
| Occupation | Zoologist |
Stephan Harding (8 July 1953 – 2 September 2024) was a British zoologist and ecologist.[1] He specialized in holism and the Gaia hypothesis and was a founding member of Schumacher College, where he coordinated the master's program in holistic sciences.[2]
Biography
[edit]Born in Venezuela in 1953, Harding earned an undergraduate degree in zoology from Durham University and a doctorate in the behavioral ecology of muntjacs from Oxford University.[3] While at Oxford, he conducted field research in Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and Costa Rica. After his studies, he was a founding member of Schumacher College and became close associates with James Lovelock.[4] At the college, he researched deep ecology[5] and led the holistic sciences master's program for twenty years.[6]
During his career, Harding collaborated with various scientists. He most closely worked with Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis considered the Earth to be a living being, creating its own habitat. The pair worked on a model that would generate feedback between organisms and their environment.[7]
Harding died in the United Kingdom on 2 September 2024.[8]
Works
[edit]- Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia (2006)[9]
- Gaia Alchemy: The Reuniting of Science, Psyche, and Soul (2022)[10]
As editor
[edit]- Grow Small, Think Beautiful: Ideas for a Sustainable World from Schumacher College (2011)[11]
As translator
[edit]- Courting the Dawn: Poems of Lorca (2019)
References
[edit]- ^ Dellinger, Drew (5 September 2024). "Schumacher College Closes Doors at Dartington as Legendary Professor, Stephan Harding, Passes". Drew Dellinger. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Stephan Harding". Center for Humans & Nature.
- ^ "Stephan Harding". Sophia Centre Press. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Dr Stephan Harding remembers James Lovelock". Dartington Trust. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Dr Stephan Harding". Dartington Trust.
- ^ "Stephan Harding". Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (in Spanish).
- ^ Massó, Robert (5 February 2022). "El retorno de Gaia". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ Miotto, Karina (5 September 2024). "Stephan Harding e seu legado mais que planetário". ((oeco)) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Animate Earth: An interview with Stephan Harding". The Gaia Foundation.
- ^ Bollier, David (1 June 2022). "Dr. Stephan Harding on Gaia Alchemy and the Animate Earth". Think Resilience. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ Fresneda, Carlos (5 May 2012). "Lo pequeño es hermoso". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
