Lynn-Margulis on deep ecology

Lynn-Margulis on deep ecologyhttps://www.deepecology.net/tags/lynn-margulis/Recent content in Lynn-Margulis on deep ecologyHugoen-auSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000All of us are walking communities of bacteriahttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-walking-communities-of-bacteria-lynn-margulis/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-walking-communities-of-bacteria-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>All of us are walking communities of bacteria. The world shimmers, a pointillist landscape made of tiny living beings.</p></blockquote>Independence is a political, not a scientific termhttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-independence-is-a-political-term-lynn-margulis/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-independence-is-a-political-term-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>Independence is a political, not a scientific term.</p></blockquote>Life on Earth is an elaborate and intricate symbiotic phenomenonhttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-elaborate-intricate-symbiotic-phenomenon-lynn-margulis/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-elaborate-intricate-symbiotic-phenomenon-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>Life on Earth is an elaborate and intricate symbiotic phenomenon.</p></blockquote>Symbiosis, living together in physical contact, is a concept neglected in evolutionhttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-symbiosis-living-together-in-physical-contact-lynn-margulis/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-symbiosis-living-together-in-physical-contact-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>I think the concept of symbiosis, of living together in physical contact, is a very important concept in evolution that has been neglected.</p></blockquote>The romantic vision of biotic nature as a cooperative venture is scientifically accuratehttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-romantic-vision-of-biotic-nature-lynn-margulis/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-romantic-vision-of-biotic-nature-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>The romantic vision of biotic nature as a cooperative venture is far more scientifically accurate than the view of nature as violent and competitive.</p></blockquote>The view of evolution as chronic bloody competition dissolves before a new view of cooperationhttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-chronic-bloody-competition-lynn-margulis/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-chronic-bloody-competition-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>The view of evolution as chronic bloody competition among individuals and species, a popular distortion of Darwin’s notion of ‘survival of the fittest,’ dissolves before a new view of continual cooperation.</p></blockquote>We abide in a symbiotic worldhttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-we-abide-in-a-symbiotic-world-lynn-margulis/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-we-abide-in-a-symbiotic-world-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>We abide in a symbiotic world.</p></blockquote>quote bacteria are the hidden alchemists of lynn margulishttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-bacteria-are-the-hidden-alchemists-of-lynn-margulis/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-bacteria-are-the-hidden-alchemists-of-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>“Bacteria are the hidden alchemists of the planet, shaping the atmosphere and the future.”<br> — Lynn Margulis<br> <em>Acquiring Genomes (2002)</em></p></blockquote>quote evolution is not a tree but lynn margulishttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-evolution-is-not-a-tree-but-lynn-margulis/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-evolution-is-not-a-tree-but-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>“Evolution is not a tree but a web. Symbiosis is the driving force.”<br> — Lynn Margulis<br> <em>Acquiring Genomes (2002)</em></p></blockquote>quote life did not take over the lynn margulishttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-life-did-not-take-over-the-lynn-margulis/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-life-did-not-take-over-the-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>“Life did not take over the globe by combat but by networking.”<br> — Lynn Margulis<br> <em>Microcosmos (1986)</em></p></blockquote>quote symbiosis is not marginal. it is lynn margulishttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-symbiosis-is-not-marginal-it-is-lynn-margulis/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-symbiosis-is-not-marginal-it-is-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>“Symbiosis is not marginal. It is the key to evolution and survival.”<br> — Lynn Margulis<br> <em>Acquiring Genomes (2002)</em></p></blockquote>quote the human body is not a lynn margulishttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-the-human-body-is-not-a-lynn-margulis/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-the-human-body-is-not-a-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>“The human body is not a single being but a consortium of species.”<br> — Lynn Margulis<br> <em>Symbiotic Planet (1998)</em></p></blockquote>quote to understand life, we must understand lynn margulishttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-to-understand-life-we-must-understand-lynn-margulis/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-to-understand-life-we-must-understand-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>“To understand life, we must understand the partnerships that make it possible.”<br> — Lynn Margulis<br> <em>Microcosmos (1986)</em></p></blockquote>quote we are walking communities of microbes, lynn margulishttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-we-are-walking-communities-of-microbes-lynn-margulis/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-we-are-walking-communities-of-microbes-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>“We are walking communities of microbes, proof that cooperation drives life forward.”<br> — Lynn Margulis<br> <em>Symbiotic Planet (1998)</em></p></blockquote>quote: "gaia is a tough bitch: she..." lynn margulishttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-gaia-is-a-tough-bitch-she-lynn-margulis/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/lynn-margulis/quote-gaia-is-a-tough-bitch-she-lynn-margulis/<blockquote> <p>“Gaia is a tough bitch: she has endured cataclysmic change for billions of years.”<br> — Lynn Margulis<br> <em>Symbiotic Planet (1998)</em></p></blockquote>Profile: Lynn Margulishttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/lynn-margulis/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/lynn-margulis/<p><img src="https://www.deepecology.net/images/profile_image_lynn_margulis.jpg" alt="Lynn Margulis portrait photograph" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </p> <p>Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) was an American evolutionary biologist whose endosymbiotic theory proposed that complex cells arose through symbiotic mergers of simpler organisms. Her work emphasized cooperation and symbiosis as drivers of evolutionary innovation alongside competition.</p> <p>Margulis proposed her theory in 1967, suggesting that complex cells with nuclei (eukaryotes) arose through symbiotic mergers of simpler bacterial cells. Her hypothesis that mitochondria and chloroplasts were once independent bacteria that became incorporated into larger cells faced initial resistance. Her paper “On the Origin of Mitosing Cells” was rejected by fifteen journals before publication. One grant application received the response: “Your research is crap.”</p>