My spouse and I moved to the countryside to 'live closer to nature' but we spend most of our time complaining about ticks and driving to town for everything we need. We both feel like frauds who romanticized rural life without understanding what actual connection to land requires.
More people experience this than they realize.
Romantic ideas about human-nature relationships collided with the practical demands of actually living within natural systems.
“Where Are You with Why nature matters — philosophical and scientific case?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.