Human restoration and the end of nature deficit disorder

Richmond Times-Dispatch outdoors columnist Andy Thompson wrote about how important it is for humans to avoid nature-deficit disorder — children and adults alike. From his column: [Richard] Louv is back with what he hopes is the cure. In the recently published “The Nature Principle,” he lays the blueprint for, as the book’s subtitle says, “Human […]

July 17, 2011; 9:12 AM • by Phil Riggan

Richmond Times-Dispatch outdoors columnist Andy Thompson wrote about how important it is for humans to avoid nature-deficit disorder — children and adults alike.

From his column:

[Richard] Louv is back with what he hopes is the cure. In the recently published “The Nature Principle,” he lays the blueprint for, as the book’s subtitle says, “Human Restoration and the End of Nature Deficit Disorder.”

Again writing in Outside, Louv says “The Nature Principle” is “about conservation but also about restoring ourselves while we restore nature; about bringing back natural habitats where they once existed or creating them where they never were — in our homes, workplaces, cities and suburbs. It’s about the power of living in nature — not with it, but in it.”

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July 17, 2011 9:12 AM 0