The Name
GOD-DESS stands for Global Organic Designs – Discovering Earth’s Science & Spirit. This name was carefully chosen to embrace a number of ideas and concepts. The following definitions are from the American Heritage Dictionary.
Global: Of, or relating to, the entire earth; worldwide; comprehensive; total.
Organic: Of, relating to, or derived from living organisms; simple, healthful, and close to nature; having properties associated with living organisms; resembling a living organism in organization or development; interconnected; constituting an integral part of a whole; fundamental.
Designs: Graphic representations, especially detailed plans for construction or manufacture; the purposeful or inventive arrangements of parts or details; the arts or practices of designing or making designs; ornamental patterns; basic schemes or patterns that affect and control function or development; plans; projects; deliberate intentions.
Discovering: Obtaining knowledge of, as through observation or study; revealing; exposing.
Earth’s: Of, or pertaining to, the third planet from the Sun; also, everyday life or reality.
Science: The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena; methodological activity, discipline, or study; knowledge, especially that gained through experience.
Spirit: The vital principle or animating force within living beings; the soul; the part of a human being associated with the mind, will, and feelings; the essential nature of a person or group; an inclination or a tendency of a specified kind; a mood or an emotional state; the actual though unstated sense or significance of something.
The full essence and scope of GOD-DESS are contained within the name.