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To Get Out of Your Head, Get Out of Your House
In his 1993 memoir The Thunder Tree, ecologist Robert Pyle coined the term “extinction of experience,” and since then many researchers have jumped into the fray. There are bodies of work on the demonstrable decline of kids’ contact with nature, as well as the negative impacts of this trend—most alarmingly captured in Richard Louv’s 2005 Last Child
... See moreSteven Rinella • Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature
Modernity frowns on stillness, on simply being and watching the world go by, and favors busyness. This comes at a cost to well-being.
Christof Koch • Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It
But this isn’t just about seeking exit from the turmoil of a modern, connected existence, nor is it merely about recharging our batteries so that we can absorb yet more political polarisation, toxic social media or climate catastrophe. It is also about engaging in a social policy of degrowth as a corrective to practices that are taxing the planet, ... See more
David J Siegel • Modern Life Subjects Us to All-Consuming Demands. That’s Why We Should Reflect on What It Means to Step Away From It All
One recent study revealed that children ages eight to twelve spend three times as much time on screens as they do playing outside. Adults, meanwhile, are in nature fewer than five hours a week.