# Stephan Harding

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**Stephan Harding** (8 July 1953 – 2 September 2024) was a British zoologist and ecologist.[1] He specialized in [holism](/source/Holism) and the [Gaia hypothesis](/source/Gaia_hypothesis) and was a founding member of [Schumacher College](/source/Schumacher_College), where he coordinated the master's program in holistic sciences.[2]

## Biography

Born in Venezuela in 1953, Harding earned an undergraduate degree in zoology from [Durham University](/source/Durham_University) and a doctorate in the behavioral ecology of [muntjacs](/source/Muntjac) from [Oxford University](/source/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](/source/James_Lovelock).[4] At the college, he researched [deep ecology](/source/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

- *Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia* (2006)[9]
- *Gaia Alchemy: The Reuniting of Science, Psyche, and Soul* (2022)[10]

### As editor

- *Grow Small, Think Beautiful: Ideas for a Sustainable World from Schumacher College* (2011)[11]

### As translator

- *Courting the Dawn: Poems of Lorca* (2019)

## References

1. Dellinger, Drew (5 September 2024). ["Schumacher College Closes Doors at Dartington as Legendary Professor, Stephan Harding, Passes."](https://drewdellinger.substack.com/p/schumacher-college-closes-doors-at). *Drew Dellinger*. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

1. ["Stephan Harding"](https://humansandnature.org/stephan-harding/). *Center for Humans & Nature*

1. ["Stephan Harding"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220522102458/https://sophiacentrepress.com/contributor/stephan-harding/). *Sophia Centre Press*. Archived from [the original](https://sophiacentrepress.com/contributor/stephan-harding/) on 22 May 2022.

1. ["Dr Stephan Harding remembers James Lovelock"](https://campus.dartington.org/dr-stephan-harding-remembers-james-lovelock/). *Dartington Trust*. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

1. ["Dr Stephan Harding"](https://campus.dartington.org/about/staff-schumacher/). *Dartington Trust*

1. ["Stephan Harding"](https://www.cccb.org/es/participantes/ficha/stephan-harding/20472) (in Spanish). *Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona*

1. Massó, Robert (5 February 2022). ["El retorno de Gaia"](https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/culturas/20220205/8032799/gaia-sagan-lovelock-margulis.html) (in Spanish). *[La Vanguardia](/source/La_Vanguardia)*. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

1. Miotto, Karina (5 September 2024). ["Stephan Harding e seu legado mais que planetário"](https://oeco.org.br/analises/stephan-harding-e-seu-legado-mais-que-planetario/) (in Portuguese). *((oeco))*. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

1. ["Animate Earth: An interview with Stephan Harding"](https://gaiafoundation.org/animate-earth-an-interview-with-stephan-harding/). *The Gaia Foundation*

1. Bollier, David (1 June 2022). ["Dr. Stephan Harding on Gaia Alchemy and the Animate Earth"](https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-06-01/dr-stephan-harding-on-gaia-alchemy-and-the-animate-earth/). *[Think Resilience](/source/Post_Carbon_Institute)*. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

1. Fresneda, Carlos (5 May 2012). ["Lo pequeño es hermoso"](https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/05/05/economia/1336211845.html) (in Spanish). *[El Mundo](/source/El_Mundo_(Spain))*. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

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