Living Earth: a New Name for This Blog

Goldilocks Rules!

Gaia and her pet elephant. Two denizens of the living Earth

This blog has a new name: formerly “The Proud Holobionts,” then “The Carbon Connection,” it is now “Living Earth.”

Sorry for this Goldilocks-style wavering, but I am trying to move this blog to something that may have at least a modest impact. Most people found the “holobiont” concept too abstruse and unknown, but “The Carbon Connection” was a little too narrow. I do think that the carbon cycle is the backbone of the ecosphere; but the story involves also other cycles. Besides, having carbon in the title placed the blog in competition with the many activist blogs and sites that speak a lot about carbon but don’t know why.

So “Living Earth” is more understandable than “The Proud Holobionts” and less narrow than “The Carbon Connection.” It allows us to be a little Gaian, but also to discuss scientific matters in a rigorous manner. And we can still mention holobionts — difficult for most people to understand, but a fundamental concept in system science and in the science of the ecosphere.

And onward we go, fellow holobionts!