By Martin Hill

Disconnection from nature is a recent occurrence. Humans have been deeply rooted in ecology and totally dependent on local climate and food sources for ninety percent of the time we have existed on earth.I think the need for direct connection with the natural world is dialed into our genes. Disconnection is making us dysfunctional.

Science has been telling us for some time that our way of life is threatening all forms of life including our own; unless we change direction we will end up where we are now heading—creating irreversible climate change, mass species extinctions and a collision with the natural limits of the planet.