Nature love medicine : essays on wildness and wellness

Nature love medicine Essays on wildness and wellness

Book - 2017

"This book unabashedly declares that love for our biologically and culturally diverse world is a much-needed virtue, an essential need. Collectively, the twenty-three authors--ecologists, psychologists, and educators, poets and artists, the healers and the healed--explore the notion that practicing attentive natural history remains an essential pathway to sanity and health, for both individuals and societies. The book's fundamental premise is that humans are literally born to practice natural history, and are physically, psychologically, and socially healthier when we do."--Page 4 of cover.

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Subjects
Natural history > United States.
Health.
Wilderness areas > United States.
United States > Description and travel.
Travel writing.
Essays.
Genres
Travel writing
Essays
Published
Salt Lake City : Torrey House Press [2017]
Language
English
Edition
First Torrey House Press edition
Item Description
"November 2017"--Title page verso.
Physical Description
xii, 265 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN
9781937226770
  • Entry
  • The Gods Are Not Large
  • Our Deepest Affinity
  • The Silence of the Forest As Our Lover
  • Branching Out
  • Plants, Health, and People of the Forbidden Mountains
  • Sunday School
  • Flirting Dragonflies
  • The Blue Gate
  • New Words, Lost Words, and Terms of Endearment
  • Serendipity, Sculpture, and Story
  • Spark and Fire
  • Nature. Love. Medicine. Healing. Reciprocity. Generosity.
  • City of Loves
  • The Path of Healing
  • Biophilia at My Bedside
  • Murtle Lake Rx: A Dose of Wind and Rain
  • Meeting the Gray Fox
  • Environmental Generational Amnesia
  • Sense of Place Before and After Race
  • Dark Love
  • In the Form of Birds
  • Heal-All
  • Falling in Love with the Earth
  • Maple
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements and Permissions
Review by Booklist Review

This compilation of essays, poems, and musings focuses on humanity's complex and wondrous relationship with nature. Edited by Fleischner, a conservation biologist and advocate for the practice of natural history, Nature Love Medicine is a beautiful collaboration that brings together diverse perspectives, including the thoughts of scientists, poets, and teachers. From memories about childhood summers spent outside to studies showing that incarcerated individuals benefit from interacting with nature, each contribution raises greater questions about our connection to the natural world and the importance of engaging with it. While each offering is unique and each voice tells a specific story, a common passion and sense of beauty unites the book and transcends any expectations. Thought provoking and insightful, this anthology challenges readers to tap into their primal selves and connect with nature in a focused, intentional way. Each contributor's love for the natural world is apparent and, more important, infectious. Readers will be inspired to renew their connection to the living world and attempt to rejuvenate their bodies and minds.--Smith, Patricia Copyright 2017 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Review by Library Journal Review

Fleischner (executive director, National History Inst.; The Way of Natural History) uses his background as a biologist and conservationist to reflect on the healing power of nature, and invites several contributors-including ecologists, psychologists, healers, and the healed-to share their experiences. Meditations range from Stephen Trimble's insights on working at Capitol Reef National Park, UT, to Elisabeth Tova using a terrarium to view the outside world during times of bed rest to Judith -Lydeamore spending time in a botanical garden postsurgery. Essays vary from accessible to academic but all leave one wondering about the therapeutic aspects of nature, from a small garden to the vast -wilderness. Saul Weisberg thoughtfully reminds us that nature must be "available, accessible, and welcoming." Lauren Savoy describes the earth as a refuge from racism: "The land did not hate. People did." Ending with a chapter by Thich Nhat Hanh, a takeaway is that we love and fear nature; it is beautiful and terrifying, and for many, offers an escape from everyday life. VERDICT Touching upon growing fields such as ecotherapy, ecospirituality, and sustainability, these essays are for anyone interested in learning how nature can rejuvenate the self and why we should take care to protect the earth.--Stephanie Sendaula, Library Journal © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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