
Gaia - the belief that everything is a single integrated organism, with chemical, geological and life processes working in concert to maintain an environment conducive to life, human or otherwise. Now commonly accepted by life scientists as a working model explaining how the Earth maintains the homeostasis necessary to support life.
"All life streams from one open source."
Capitalism - economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market. A fundamental principle is the importance of individual rights.