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

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

Update: 2023-03-08
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SHOW NOTES:

  • Emma’s relationship to nature as a child
  • What inspired Emma to write her book “Return to Nature”
  • The reasons she organized “Return to Nature” by a series of eight distinct landscapes
  • The intention around using the word “return” in the title
  • Crafting 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 relationship
  • All about awe
  • How we can all find our “desert eyes”
  • How people living in cities can still have powerful experiences in nature
  • Micro-dosing on nature: How small is too small when it comes to building deeper nature-relationship
  • A passage from “Return to Nature” that represents kinship and belonging
  • How writing the book changed Emma’s relationship with the more-than-human-world
  • The last five questions

>>> For the full show notes, head to: www.ournaturepodcast.com/episodes

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

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

Emma Loewe, Alyssa Benjamin