The Nature Principle

Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder

By: Richard Louv

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

The Nature Principle presents a compelling case that a conscious reconnection to nature can make us whole again and that the future will belong to nature-smart individuals, families, businesses, and communities. Supported by evidence from emerging empirical and theoretical research and eye-opening anecdotes, Louv shows that when we tap into the restorative powers of the natural world we can boost mental acuity and creativity, heal illness, increase immunity, broaden our compassion, and strengthen human bonds. As he says in his introduction, The Nature Principle is about the power of living in nature, not with it, but in it. The 21st century will be the century of human restoration in the natural world.

©2011 Original material © 2011 Richard Louv. Recorded by arrangement with Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a division of Workman Publishing Company, Inc. (P)2011 HighBridge Company

Critic reviews

"May be just what our high-tech, urban culture needs to bring us down to earth." ( Publishers Weekly)

Wonderful

I loved this book and I'm going to recommend it to many. It is truly important that people read this book

Great message! Get outside people!

Great information, references, and message! Just obviously a little dry for an audio book. This helped give me more motivation to get outside!

going full circle

we all have our heritage, then the idustrial revolution and now our techno revolution, all these are good to a point but now we must remember our roots and acknowledge who we are and where we came from. truth and honor should be our guiding light in the next step of humanity. a new balance must be achieved

Get Outside

Where does The Nature Principle rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The top.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Mother Nature. She is my favorite character because we all depend on her and if we don't go outside and play with her we will never understand her.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It hits home hard. I need to be the change I want to see in the world.

The future belongs to the nature smart

Great vision for the future. Louv lights the fire in this book that he prepped in his last.