SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In this age of scientific
triumph, our daily connection with the Earth has diminished alarmingly. People
struggle daily with stressful jobs, trapped inside blank walls, staring at
glowing screens when they could be outdoors, enjoying the beauty of nature and
the connection with other living things. At the same time, global warming and
other environmental ills are destroying the Earth. Proving that our
detachment from nature can lead to all kinds of infirmity, from mental and
physical disease, to a cavalier attitude about the environment.
In Partnering with Nature: The Wild Path to Reconnecting with the Earth,
author Catriona MacGregor, (www.naturalpathfinder.com) asserts that we need to
go beyond traditional environmentalism to solve these pressing global
problems. It is only by fully "partnering" with nature that we will find
solutions, and this requires a paradigm shift in how we view our relationship
with nature.
Partnering with Nature is a simple book with a powerful message that
illuminates the fact that our connection to nature, animals, and to the earth
is a vital part of our existence.
Partnering with Nature stresses that it is vital that we understand not only
how important our role is in nature's sphere, but also how crucial nature's
role is in our lives. According to MacGregor, "We will be able to solve
problems, such as global warming, when we gain greater awareness about who and
what we are in relation to the Earth and other living creatures. By adopting
an ethical construct that holds that all living things are sacred, we can save
the Earth and ourselves."
MacGregor, has been a voice for animals and wild places all of her life. She
is an authority on environmental trends in the United States and
internationally, and has led and supported environmental initiatives in Latin
America, Eastern Europe, Asia, and the United States for over two decades.
Recognizing the need to address the underlying reasons for human society's
disconnection from nature, she now runs Vision & Nature Quests and Nature
Retreats. [www.naturalpathfinder.com]
Like Richard Louv's groundbreaking book Last Child in the Woods, MacGregor's
Partnering with Nature also declares that disconnection with nature is not
only causing our environmental crisis, but in fact leads to stress and
depression in adults, and obesity, attention deficit disorders, and apathy in
children.
Author Louv, who coined the term "Nature Deficit Disorder," stated that
today's children "can likely tell you about the Amazon rainforest - but not
about the last time he or she explored the woods in solitude, or lay in a
field listening to the wind and watching the clouds move. . .. For a new
generation, nature is more abstraction than reality." Louv has amassed some of
the most comprehensive scientific research that points to children's
disconnection from nature as leading to a lack of physical, mental and
emotional well being.
Partnering with Nature goes deeper into the problem to state that all people,
adults and children alike, are suffering from a lack of contact with nature,
and that this not only leads to ill health, but in fact, gives us a sense that
something greater is missing in our lives. MacGregor poses the question, "Is
the sole purpose of our powerful brains to have physical mastery of the world
for our own comfort? Are we here to dominate the Earth and the "lower"
animals? And then goes on to propose that "Our role on Earth is to love,
appreciate, and serve the great diversity of life as if it were our own
life--because it is."
Partnering With Nature is a beautifully wrought synthesis of poetic
spirituality and well-grounded practical fact. Aptly being released next
April, on Earth day 2010, (Partnering with Nature can be pre-ordered through
Amazon) it weaves together historical, spiritual and scientific information,
and offers personal anecdotes and real stories of how nature has changed
people's lives, as well as shaped the course of human evolution. Partnering
with Nature speaks to anyone who senses a spiritual void in their life, and to
anyone who wishes to make a difference in transforming our environment.
MacGregor urges us to reclaim the strength of our connection with nature on
both a personal and a planetary level. She reminds each of us that, "You are a
different person if you are filled with the warm rays of the sun, the clarity
of the blue sky, the soaring hawk."
You will also be a different person after you have read this book. The images
of MacGregor's vision will flow through your mind and dance through your heart
long after you have finished reading "Partnering With Nature".
[Partnering With Nature can be pre-ordered through Amazon at
www.amazon.com/Partnering-Nature-Wild-Reconnecting-Earth/dp/tags-on-product/1582702195]
Atria Books/Beyond Words, April 2010
Trade Paperback, 256 pages
ISBN-10: 1582702195
ISBN-13: 9781582702193
www.beyondword.com
Catriona MacGregor is available for Interviews & Advance Copies will be
available for Reviewers. MacGregor is a coauthor of the anthology, Healing the
Heart of the World: Harnessing the Power of Intention to Change Your Life and
the Planet, along with Carolyn Myss, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Masaru Emoto, Fritjof
Capra, Thich Nhat Hanh, et al.
SOURCE Atria Books/Beyond Words
Whitney Quon of Atria Books/Beyond Words, +1-503-531-8700,
whitney@beyondword.com
