Our Nature: Conversations about the relationship between nature, spirituality, and well-being

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

Episode Notes

RESOURCES:

• EP 58: Flipping the Script: (Hard Won Lessons from the Past Year) with Alyssa Benjamin
• Return to Nature Book
• Emma’s Website

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

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