I have to agree with Mr Gloves here, Mother nature, Mother earth, however you want to put it, is alive. How else would life continue the usual cycle, especially in the earth. Whether it is called a specific name or just apprecieated as it is, I think everyone acknowledges her.
Personally I do believe in the mother goddess, if ther is such a thing as faith then I am proud to say that is what I have. Unfortunately, not even she is immune to the ravages of man.