Ecocentricity Blog: Nature Is Calling

NDD. As an acronym, it stands for quite a few things. Options include “no designated driver” and “narcotics detection dog” according to my Google search. For my purposes though, NDD stands for “nature-deficit disorder.”

Richard Louv coined the term in 2005 with his book树林里的最后一个孩子。在我深入研究这个主题之前，我应该说NDD不是医学诊断，卢夫从未声称这是。相反，NDD是我所说的可观察到的趋势，也是一个不好的趋势。

Let’s see if you think this trend exists as well. Do you think people are spending more time indoors? Are we turning to electronics for more of our entertainment? Are parents more fearful of their kids playing outside? Are kids therefore more afraid of nature? Are attention disorders and depression more common in society, especially for children? Is childhood obesity more common?

My answer is “yes” to all of these, and I think they are related. As a species, we evolved in nature. It was our home long before drywall and stucco were created. It’s still our home whether we acknowledge it or not, and I believe that we benefit physically, emotionally and spiritually from returning to it frequently.