On this episode, podcast host chats with writer, editor and environmentalist Emma Loewe about her book “Return to Nature: The New Science of How Natural Landscapes Restore Us.” Return to Nature is a guidebook that draws on the new science and ancient wisdom of why building deeper relationships with nature makes us healthier in our body, mind and spirit. Emma is MindBodyGreen’s senior sustainability editor and the co-author of the Spirit Almanac. She received her B.A. in Environmental Science & Policy with a speciality in environmental communications from Duke University. Her work has been featured in Bloomberg News, Forbes, and Marie Claire, among others.
In this conversation, they discuss: what Emma’s relationship was like to nature as a child, what inspired her to write Return to Nature, the unique way this guidebook is organized, an overview and a practice for each of the eight landscapes featured in her book, how we can have powerful nature experiences even in the most urban environments, how writing the book transformed Emma’s relationship to the more-than-human world, and of course, the last five questions.
