Is visiting a woodland mainly about getting away from the crowd?
by Angus, 2 June, 2016, 0 comments
Stone age man would not have come across many other people. Possibly, a couple of hundred in total. I was once told by the geneticist, Steve Jones, that in his visit to central London he had seen more people on one day than an ancient man would have met in the course of his entire existence. Our 'stone age' man would have come across more trees in his life than we will, so perhaps there is a balance between encounters with fellow men and with nature that modern life has turned upside down. Many people are said to be suffering from nature deficiency and this could be contributing to stress and anxiety. Read more...
