Reflections on Nature Connection in Policy and Practice

Major institutions around the world are realising that a sustainable future requires a new relationship with nature. ... This recognition and progress is driven by research, but the application of that research into policy solutions requires new thinking. The Nature Connection in Policy and Practice event, hosted by University of Derby’s Nature Connectedness Research Group, aimed to share this research and its applications and provide a context for generating the kind of new thinking needed for transforming society’s relationship with nature. It was held at Derby’s Silk Mill – the site of the world’s first factory, a starting point of an industrial relationship with nature based on use and control, so a great place to start to forge a new relationship with nature based on care and reciprocity. The event set out to inform, inspire and imagine a vision of a nature connected society.

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