We can conserve energy and tread more lightly on the Earth while we expand our culture's capacity for joy.

What would our lives be like if our days and nights were as immersed in nature as they are in technology?

There’s no denying the benefits of the Internet. But electronic immersion, without a force to balance it, creates the hole in the boat — draining our ability to pay attention, to think clearly, to be productive and creative.

As the nature deficit grows, another emerging body of scientific evidence indicates that direct exposure to nature is essential for physical and emotional health. For example, new studies suggest that exposure to nature may reduce the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and that it can improve all children's cognitive abilities and resistance to negative stresses and depression.

Reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.

Most people are either awakened to or are strengthened in their spiritual journey by experiences in the natural world.

By letting our children lead us to their own special places we can rediscover the joy and wonder of nature.