Return to Nature–The New Science of Us and the Outdoors, featuring Author and Environmentalist Emma Loewe

RESOURCES:

EP 58: Flipping the Script: (Hard Won Lessons from the Past Year) with Alyssa BenjaminReturn to Nature BookEmma’s Website

SHOW NOTES:

Emma’s relationship to nature as a childWhat inspired Emma to write her book “Return to Nature”The reasons she organized “Return to Nature” by a series of eight distinct landscapesThe intention around using the word “return” in the titleCrafting a new definition of “wellness”An overview and practice for each of the 8 landscapes (parks and gardens, oceans, mountains, forests and trees, ice and snow, desert, rivers, cities and built environments)Why accessibility matters when it comes nature relationshipAll about aweHow we can all find our “desert eyes”How people living in cities can still have powerful experiences in natureMicro-dosing on nature: How small is too small when it comes to building deeper nature-relationshipA passage from “Return to Nature” that represents kinship and belongingHow writing the book changed Emma’s relationship with the more-than-human-worldThe last five questions

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