Are we connected to nature?

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People nowadays, have made a lot of technological and scientific advancement in the world. As they are moving forward with these advancements, they tend to believe that nature and humans are separate from each other. People forget how they are connected. They spend most of their time with their man made technologies rather than nature, but nature is integral part of the human life. And As E.F. Schumacher makes a statement in his book ‘Small is Beautiful” that human intend to think that they are separate from nature, but they are not. In this critical essay, I will favor his thought. I will distinguish about the Human versus Nature. Through this observation, I will demonstrate that human are part of nature and they need it for the reasons like their health, development and wellbeing.
Human beings need nature for their health. Frances Kuo is a professor of natural resources and environmental science and psychology at Illinois. Scientist Kuo and her colleagues states that, “Humans living in barren landscapes, suffer a variety of negative social effects like decreased civility, less supervision of children outdoors, more illegal activity, more aggression, more property crime, more loitering, more graffiti and more litter” (‘Nature Essential to health’ 2009). Human living in natural environment is healthier than living in barren lands. Man gets the fresh air from the nature and people feel calmer in the natural environment. People become less aggressive, less crimes and civilized. With the help of nature only, he can achieve peace and sound health. So, every human should try to understand the nature. “Dr. Wells, an environmental psychologist states that, ‘Green natural spaces foster the social interaction and promotes the social supp...

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