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As is typical, an end of year summary post. Being a scientific type it’s stats driven, in contrast to my personal highlight, thinking about nature’s beauty – I’ll cover that, and the most popular posts at the end of the post. First up … Continue reading →

This post is based on a seed of an idea I’d like to develop more fully, but busy doing other things, including a recent conversation about the phrase connection to nature. It is becoming more widely used, which is great, … Continue reading →

The current concern about our connection to nature has a long history. The Victorian nature writer Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) founded a form of naturalism that recognised an increasing divide between people and nature, and his writing also explored the … Continue reading →

Adapted from my book A Blackbird’s Year: Mind in Nature – out now. My previous posts have a basis in research and science. However, I’m also interested in more creative routes to nature connectedness and the resulting insights into how … Continue reading →

A brief post to invite submissions to Nature Connections 2015, an interdisciplinary conference to examine routes to nature connectedness. This will take place at the University of Derby, Thursday, 26 March 2015. As the benefits of a connection to nature become … Continue reading →