This episode discusses our bodies’ connections to their environments and reconnecting to nature through food.
I talk about some of my own experiences of feeling disconnected after a relatively short period of time in urban and suburban environments. This disconnection, leaves me wondering what effect does living in some urban and suburban environments do to people for the long term. Especially as our world has become more urbanized? Because we human have so many connections to our environments.
With so many people living in environments that are so disconnected to life beyond humans what does that mean for the mental and physical health of people living in those environments.
I take a quick look at the way we humans are connected to the environment, through the air we breathe, the food and drink we consume, through our microbiome, our eyes and skin.
But the predominant paradigm is that we are separate from nature. This can be clearly seen through many of our human structures and institutions. All I have to do is drive to many newly built developments, even in a small town to see that nature and its importance to our lives is not valued, it is seen as a luxury.
The big problem with all of this is that we are completely dependent on the life support systems provided to us be nature. So how do we start working our way back? When so many people live in these urban spaces, that are so disconnected from nature, how do we build these connections?
With food of course? Most of us cannot easily affect change in city planning and design or even the design of our workspaces. But we do eat, for most of us, we eat many times a day. For me this is the connection point. From my own perspective, I may have been connected to the nature around me on some level, but what drew me in completely was food. By connecting more deeply with food, not just a consumer, I have come to learn and become completely engaged with the whole process of food.
This episode discusses our bodies’ connections to their environments and reconnecting to nature through food.
I talk about some of my own experiences of feeling disconnected after a relatively short period of time in urban and suburban environments. This disconnection, leaves me wondering what effect does living in some urban and suburban environments do to people for the long term. Especially as our world has become more urbanized? Because we human have so many connections to our environments.
With so many people living in environments that are so disconnected to life beyond humans what does that mean for the mental and physical health of people living in those environments.
I take a quick look at the way we humans are connected to the environment, through the air we breathe, the food and drink we consume, through our microbiome, our eyes and skin.
But the predominant paradigm is that we are separate from nature. This can be clearly seen through many of our human structures and institutions. All I have to do is drive to many newly built developments, even in a small town to see that nature and its importance to our lives is not valued, it is seen as a luxury.
The big problem with all of this is that we are completely dependent on the life support systems provided to us be nature. So how do we start working our way back? When so many people live in these urban spaces, that are so disconnected from nature, how do we build these connections?
With food of course? Most of us cannot easily affect change in city planning and design or even the design of our workspaces. But we do eat, for most of us, we eat many times a day. For me this is the connection point. From my own perspective, I may have been connected to the nature around me on some level, but what drew me in completely was food. By connecting more deeply with food, not just a consumer, I have come to learn and become completely engaged with the whole process of food.