Losing Eden

It may seem obvious that we need nature to be healthy. But, unfortunately, modern life makes us more and more disconnected from it. Some good reminders in this book show just how essential nature is to our well-being.

Something I have not considered before is that significant groups of people never learn to appreciate the environment or don't get any opportunities to experience it. So why would they care about the destruction of something they don't know? We should strive to make nature as accessible and inclusive as possible. People need to experience it to care about it.

Another interesting topic was replacing ‘real' nature with artificial experiences. Can listening to nature sounds, watching videos of nature or even using 3D headsets replace the real thing? The answer is that it all helps, but not as much as actually being there and experiencing it. This isn't surprising. Sadly, it may be all we have in the future.