In their 2007 report labelled ‘Ecotherapy’ mental health charity Mind defined the term broadly encompassing a diverse range of activities that shared as a common theme some form of contact with or activity within nature. They subsequently refined their definition in 2013 to include some sort of formal therapy or counselling alongside the practice of …
Nature connection was simply how our ancestors lived. They were aware of their environment, the flora and fauna and the changing seasons because they were immersed in it and depended on it. We are still dependent on the natural world but are becoming increasingly disconnected from it. Recently we have seen increasing interest in practices …
Sitting round the table for lunch the conversation drifted to honey and all sorts of claims were made regarding its medicinal and magical properties. We had several vegans around the table and there were also discussions about the costs to bees and the environment of honey consumption; and the effect of large honey bee populations …