In truth, we are part of the natural world, not separate from it. Yet, in modern Western capitalist societies, we have become distanced from this truth, often by forces and structures beyond our control. I don’t think it’s overly dramatic to say that, for many of us, modern society denies us our birthright: a deep, secure and intimate connection with the Earth to which we belong. As a result, many of us suffer from feeling displaced and alienated from the natural world, we might not even know it (I didn’t). We might just feel it as longing for something that seems just […]