Project
NatureConnect
.....Post Office Box 1605
.....Friday Harbor, WA 98250
.....(360) 378-6313
.....nature@interisland.net
.....www.ecopsych.com
.....April 2, 2002. For release at will. For review copies call Ecopress at 1-800-326-9272
Heighten Critical Thinking
In his new book Reconnecting With Nature: finding wellness through restoring your bond with the Earth Dr. Michael J. Cohen says, "If you don't believe we are addicted to our destructive personal, social and environmental relationships, just try to change them." The book is released by Ecopress for Earth Day, April 22, 1997. Its theme is that our thinking is mentally deficient when it is nature deficient. When we treat our disorders as nature-disconnection addictions, they subside.
Dr. Cohen is an ecopsychologist with the Institute of Global Education, a United Nations Non-Governmental Organization. He shows that our inherent psychological fulfillments from contact with nature are so powerful that when we disconnect from nature and gain these fulfillments through destructive ideas or chemical substitutes, we addict to the substitutes and their abusive effects.
Dr. Cohen's self-guiding book addresses the addiction problem. It offers 24 potent nature reconnecting activities along with case histories and scientific explanations. Cohen says, "The book is a hands-on stress management tool. It rebonds our sensory inner nature to the natural environment's integrity through 53, not just 5, natural senses." Mastery of the book is spaced over 30 days to produce lasting natural fulfillments, critical thinking and self-worth.
"Nature reconnecting activities help reverse our runaway troubles," observes Dr. Cohen. "Research shows they provide a vital missing process that we need to establish peace on Earth through peace with Earth. They beneficially nurture our human relationships through tangible contact with the balance, joy and love found in nature," he says.
One activity in Reconnecting With Nature has become the Global Wellness and Unity Activity: "In Balance With Earth." often used in conjunction with Earth Day. It is available, free, via the internet http://www.ecopsych.com/nstpactivity.html by postal mail for use in Earth Day and other celebrations. According to Dr. Cohen, "This activity lets our thinking begin to make conscious contact with the 'higher power' found in Earth's wisdom, cooperation and beauty. You can use it to safely build fun, responsible connections with people and places."
Dr. Larry Dossey, M.D., the bestselling author of Healing Words says: "Dr. Cohen's compelling application of ecopsychology connects us with the often ignored source of spirit and wellness found in nature. His deeply felt chapters bind us to energies that help heal our deeper being." Prevention Magazine notes: "Readers will surely savor this extraordinary book." Dr. Daniel Levine calls it, "Critical thinking as if nature mattered."
Available at bookstores ($14.95), Reconnecting With Nature may also be ordered by phone, e-mail nature@interisland.net, or postal mail to to the above address ($18.95 includes 2-day delivery and additional materials).
A review copy of the book is available by calling Ecopress at 1-800-326-9272
Information and a synopsis of the book are available at http://www.ecopsych.com/newbook.html
