Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Nature-Deficit Disorder for Adults 1
Part 1 Nature Neurons: Intelligence, Creativity, and the Hybrid Mind
1 Singing for Bears 9
2 The Hybrid Mind 21
Part 2 Vitamin N: Tapping the Power of the Natural World for Our Physical, Emotional, and Family Fitness
3 The Garden 43
4 Fountains of Life 46
5 Re-naturing the Psyche 56
6 The Deep Green High 70
7 The Nature Prescription 78
Part 3 Near Is the New Far: Knowing Who You Are by Knowing Where You Are
8 Searching for Your One True Place 91
9 The Incredible Experience of Being Where You Are 100
10 Welcome to the Neighborhood 110
11 The Purposeful Place 120
12 The Bonding 140
Part 4 Creating Everyday Eden: High-Tech/High-Nature Design Where We Live, Work, and Play
13 The Nature Principle at Home 157
14 Stop, Look Up, and Listen 174
15 Nature Neurons Go to Work 182
16 Living in a Restorative City 197
17 Little Suburb on the Prairie 220
Part 5 The High-Performance Human: Making a Living, a Life, and a Future
18 Vitamin N for the Soul 241
19 All Rivers Run to the Future 249
20 The Right to a Walk in the Woods 265
21 Where Mountains Once Were and Rivers Will Be 270
Epilogue 287
Suggested Reading 289
Notes 293
Index 305
Toward a New Nature Movement 319