{"product_id":"ecopsychology","title":"Ecopsychology - Science, Totems, and the Technological Species","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn ecopsychology that integrates our totemic selves—our kinship with a more than human world—with our technological selves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe need nature for our physical and psychological well-being. Our actions reflect this when we turn to beloved pets for companionship, vacation in spots of natural splendor, or spend hours working in the garden. Yet we are also a technological species and have been since we fashioned tools out of stone. Thus one of this century's central challenges is to embrace our kinship with a more-than-human world—\"our totemic self\"—and integrate that kinship with our scientific culture and technological selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes on that challenge and proposes a reenvisioned ecopsychology. Contributors consider such topics as the innate tendency for people to bond with local place; a meaningful nature language; the epidemiological evidence for the health benefits of nature interaction; the theory and practice of ecotherapy; Gaia theory; ecovillages; the neuroscience of perceiving natural beauty; and sacred geography. Taken together, the essays offer a vision for human flourishing and for a more grounded and realistic environmental psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50950555762976,"sku":"9780262517782","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780262517782.jpg?v=1763628912","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/ecopsychology","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}