Liz Earle Wellbeing

BIOPHILIA

A beautiful new book highlights why we need nature far more than nature needs us.

Biophilia comes from the Latin roots of ‘to love’ () and ‘life and nature’ (). According to a theory by biologist Edward Osborne Wilson, biophilia is the innate and genetically determined affinity of human beings to seek connections with the natural world. In a time when it is more important than ever to be grounded by nature, we have chosen a few of the amazing facts featured in Sally Coulthard’s new book . It explores why we all feel better in nature – from our response to the colour green

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