Geoism as a theory of knowledge, decisively influences the governance of Human Society in our GEOS, from the local to the global, with a vision that is as holistic and comprehensive as possible. It aims to design global territorial strategies capable of contributing to facing planetary challenges. Among them must be climate change, the decline of tropical forests, the overexploitation of the oceans, the increase in human inequalities, increasing global migrations, etc.

Geoism advocates that a global institution, linked to the United Nations, develop and implement flexible territorial guidelines that take into account the entire Earth, while still considering its diversity. It is very difficult to design a planetary territorial strategy, but it is a challenge whose achievement would generate great social and ecological benefits, which is why it must be addressed.

The initial idea came from the Spanish architect Antonio Lamela and was present at the first two Earth Summits in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and in Kyoto in 1997. It was developed in a book in 1976, based on thinking about an increasingly globalized world. Likewise, he proposed the theory of cosmoism, which aims to optimize Man's use of outer space.

According to its postulates, the following sciences would be responsible for ordering the use, by man, of the various areas: cities, the planning of the territory from the supramunicipal to the supranational dimension, and outer space.

Geoism with a terrestrial vision attempts to structure the set of knowledge and practices with global territorial implications, particularly national policies in fields such as the environment, natural resources, infrastructure, social, economic, urban and cultural, also taking into account subnational dimensions. It seeks to generate synergies and avoid dysfunctions, to optimize the satisfaction of the quality of life of current and future generations anywhere in the world, all while paying maximum attention to the conservation of Nature.

According to its supporters, the global contemplation proposed by geoism is essential in territorial planning and, however, is currently not contemplated. Even the best plans in the world, such as a particularly sustainable plan for a tourist territory, could be incomplete without the planetary perspective. For example, it may be possible to reduce the growth of tourists to said territory, but this would not necessarily have a favorable overall environmental impact. This is because tourists who stopped going there could visit more distant destinations with a more fragile environment. To try to avoid this possible collateral damage, it would be advisable to have global territorial guidelines that favor the sustainable development of the greatest number of tourist destinations, which is one of the numerous aspects that geoism can advocate.