My adult children roll their eyes when I talk about teaching my grandkids to identify plants and birds, saying I'm being nostalgic about a world that doesn't exist anymore. I think direct experience of nature still matters even in cities, but they think I'm naive about how fundamentally everything has changed.
More people experience this than they realize.
Different generational relationships to environmental change have created conflict over whether traditional nature knowledge still has value.
“Where Are You with Why nature matters — philosophical and scientific case?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.