Reconnection

Fixing our Broken Relationship with Nature

Miles Richardson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2024
Pelagic Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78427-485-6 (ISBN)

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This book tells the story of how our relationship with nature got broken, why it matters and how to fix it. There is growing recognition that the root cause of wildlife loss and the warming climate is people’s disconnection from nature, yet solutions focus on technical fixes. Reconnection considers the problems scientifically.

How did our relationship with nature become broken, why does it matter and how can we fix it? From a past in which we were embedded in the natural world, revolutions in farming, science and industry have seen the human bond with nature eroded with the promise of prosperity offering happiness and meaning in life. This mindset may have delivered comfortable living for many, but there is growing recognition that the root cause of wildlife loss and the warming climate is people’s disconnection from nature, which is also an important factor in our mental health. Yet solutions focus on technical fixes to treat the symptoms of that damaged relationship, such as reducing carbon emissions and increasing habitat. What we urgently need is a whole new way of thinking.

Reconnection explores our hidden links with nature through the science of nature connectedness, setting out a way to revivify the relationship across society. Here is a route to a meaningful life that unites both human and nature’s wellbeing for a truly sustainable future. What's more, everybody has a role to play. From business leaders to conservationists, teachers to medics, from drivers to walkers, we can all reduce the damage we do and find new ways to bring nature into our lives. This timely book considers the problems scientifically, then offers simple, practical, positive steps for how we can all work towards a better world.

Miles Richardson is Professor of Human Factors and Nature Connectedness at the University of Derby, where he founded the Nature Connectedness Research Group. He has pioneered widely adopted and award-winning approaches to improving the human–nature relationship. Author of dozens of scientific papers, he advises nationally and internationally on uniting human and nature’s wellbeing.

Preface

Part I – The need for reconnection with nature

1. A Broken Relationship with Nature

2. The Great Theft

3. The Technological Ape

4. Hidden Connections with Nature

5. Nature Connectedness

Part II – Benefits of reconnection with nature

6. Good for You: Wellbeing Benefits of Reconnection

7. How Does Reconnection Bring Wellbeing?

8. Good for Nature: Environmental Benefits of Reconnection

9. One Health

Part III – Creating a new relationship with nature

10. The Good Things in Nature

11. Pathways to Reconnection

12. Scaling Up: Policies for Connection

13. Tools for Change

14. Creating a Nature-Connected Society

15. Designing a Connected Future

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.08.2024
Verlagsort	Exeter
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	250 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Humanistische Psychotherapien
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	1-78427-485-2 / 1784274852
ISBN-13	978-1-78427-485-6 / 9781784274856
Zustand	Neuware