Do you use biophilic design in your projects?

Posted by: GreenCE Sustainable Design and Construction // Sustainable Content Creator at GreenCE

In 1925, Henry Beston wrote The Outermost House, in which he chronicled a year spent alone on a Cape Cod beach. His solitary time revealed truths relevant to nature, including human nature. Beston said, “Nature is a part of our humanity, and without some awareness and experience of that divine mystery, man ceases to be man.” All our evolution toward a more civilized society has crippled our connection to an elemental part of the human experience. Without experiencing nature as something more than a novelty, future generations will find it hard to protect, sustain, and connect to nature.

A recent survey in the UK proved this disconnect to be true, showing that 69% (or 7 out of 10) Brits feel they are losing touch with nature. Some disturbing results from the survey include:

• 13% of Brits admitted that it’s been two years or more since they left urban areas and visited the countryside
• 33% of parents felt that they don’t know enough about British wildlife to pass any knowledge onto their children
• Brits surveyed couldn’t identify certain wildlife, such as owls, toads, and hedgehogs, or trees that had been known by previous generations

Read the rest of the blog post and learn more about biophilic design here:

https://www.greence.com/Spec_Shaman/Creating-Space-Nurture-Our