Our estrangement from nature leaves us wanting, and when we want there is never enough. Our insatiable wanting is called greed. It is a major source of our destructive dependencies and violence. Rejoining with nature, people want less. They also get smarter about not letting themselves get hurt. Then problems dissolve. Communion with Earth sharpens the insight.

In nature, there was a definite perspective shift. It quickly downsizes your preoccupation with problems in your career or private world. (From the book “Reconnecting with Nature” by Michael Cohen)