Very interesting study. I’m exploring these non rational pathways to ecocentrism in my project The Hedgerow Rite https://thehedgerowrite.wordpress.com and in the work I do teaching rural skills. I would certainly not abandon knowledge based activities and I would suggest that some of these skills, especially those that contribute to the worker entering a ‘flow’ state in natural settings are creating deep/non rational connections that might currently evade description.
Owing to the benefits to both human and nature’s well-being, and wide spread disconnection, a connection with nature is something many people and organisations are keen to increase. So there is a need to know how best to do this. We’ve already developed specific interventions, such as 3 good things in nature, but our wider framework of effective routes to nature connection has just been published in Plos One. I’m excited about this work is it provides guidance for those seeking to re-connect people with nature, indeed it has been central to much of our recent nature connections work, for example, guiding the type of activities promoted as part of The Wildlife Trusts highly successful 30 Days Wild campaign.
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