Regenerative Future
7 Ways to Connect to Nature
WHY? Why would you want to connect to nature? Why is it important?
First of all, there is no nature and us. We are part of nature, we belong inside the web of life. But we have forgotten it. And now nature is often no more than the park we walk in on a Sunday afternoon. Leisurely, relaxing, but also annoying when we are bitten by a mosquito or hear a fly in the living room.
Let’s give some background on this ‘why’ question. Undeniably, we have some problems in this world. From climate change to loss of fertile topsoil, from biodiversity loss to plastics pollution in our oceans, from air pollution in our cities to shortages of drinkable water. And I am convinced that our disconnection from nature is an important cause of these problems.
World of Separation
When in the 1600s René Descartes described humans as machines, the western world started to direct their sciences towards the studying of specialist parts, disconnected from all other fields. And we created a world of separation.
Our economics, for example, are driven by maximization of profit, instead of respecting all values, not only money. Our businesses include only production costs in their prices. All other costs, such as…
