eco-attachment & nature connection resources
Eco-Attachment Resources
Eco-Attachment, or Nature Connection, is one of the nine components of our Evolved Nest. Learn more about Nature Connection at the Evolved Nest Learning Center here.
See all Nature Connection articles and videos here.
Darcia's Blogs on Indigenous Wisdom
Indigenous Psychologies from Around the World
Natives Foster Happy People Without Overthinking
Indigenous Psychologies from Around the World
Indigenous Psychologies Contrast With Western Psychology
Sustainable Wisdom: Indigenous Style
Wise Elders in the Circle of Life
Earth Home Economics: Rebecca Adamson and “Enoughness”
American Indians: The Misunderstood Heritage
10 Indigenous Holistic Healing Practices
Self-Actualize and Become a Wise Elder
Broken Eagle Wing: Mending Worldview
How Many Worldviews Are There? Is Only One Sustainable?
Our Ancestors Were Smart and Good
Darcia's Blogs on Nature
Overcoming Nature Deficit Disorder
The "Death of Birth" and Losing Nature
Daily Practices That Increase Nature Connection
Learn Again to Be an Earth Creature
Socially Distanced? Get Closer to Nature
Nature Heals, Restores, and Comforts
Analyses of Inaction Toward the Ecological Crisis
We Are in a Climate Emergency—How Can Psychology Help?
The “Death of Birth” and Losing Nature
Humans Defeat Nature—As Prescribed. Now What?
A Good Life: Embodied, Earth-Centric or Controlled, Detached
Changing the Human Psyche for Living Sustainably
Living Virtuously– With the Land
More Resources
Kindred's articles on Nature Connection
Kindred's articles on Indigenous Wisdom
Practitioner Guide to Assessing Connection to Nature Our goal in creating this guide is to provide practitioners, organizations, researchers, and others with a “one-stop shop” for measuring nature connections.
Inspiring essays
Rewild your child: why families need to reconnect with nature
Informational websites
https://www.childrenandnature.org/
Rewilding means “to return to a more wild or self-willed state” (Urban Scout). It means finding your true self in relation to living on a living planet. Here are ideas for parents and for adults:
https://www.outsideonline.com/1925381/rewild-your-child
https://whereshegrows.com/blog/eleven-ways-to-rewild-yourself
Recommended Books
Vitamin N
A list of 10 books to “rewild” your child: https://www.backcountry.com/explore/10-books-to-rewild-your-child
