Suffering From Nature Deficit Disorder? Try Forest Bathing [npr.org]

Alicia Doktor 4/5/184:00 AM

There is a paradox with living as a human nowadays.

A 2014 article from the United Nations states that about 54 percent of the human population lives in urban areas (more by now), a proportion that is projected to increase to 66 percent by 2050. By 2045, the report says, more than six billion people will crowd cities.

People flock to cities for obvious reasons, all very understandable: more job opportunities; more choices; more culture and cultural diversity; larger communities. Yet, and this is the paradox, living in a crowded, concrete-walled, green-poor, urban environment takes something away from our very essence, our primal need to be close to nature.

[For more on this story by MARCELO GLEISER, go to https://www.npr.org/sections/1...r-try-forest-bathing]

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