A connection to nature is vital for human wellbeing from "summary" of The Overstory by Richard Powers
The trees were the first teachers, long before people walked the earth. They learned to communicate through the soil, the air, and the water. They whispered in the wind and sang in the rain. Their roots reached deep into the earth, connecting with one another in a vast network of support and sustenance. They taught the creatures of the forest the value of community, of working together for the greater good. But as people grew and spread, they forgot these lessons. They built cities of concrete and steel, cutting down forests without thought for the consequences. They saw nature as something to be conquered, to be used for their own ends. They lost touch with the rhythms of the natural world, the cycles of growth and decay that sustained all life. Yet deep down, in the hidden places of their hearts, people still longed for that connection. They felt a strange pull when they walked in the woods, a sense of peace and belonging that they could not explain. Some tried to ignore it, to drown it out with the noise of modern life. But others listened, and they found solace in the embrace of the trees. These people understood that the trees were not just silent witnesses to human folly. They were living beings, with their ...
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