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Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild by Lucy Jones

alanahp's review

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reflective medium-paced

3.75

adalovelace's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective sad

3.5

claire_shields's review

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challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

smithabaylee's review

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

michig's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

marianordz's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

rozydozy's review

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medium-paced

2.0

I thought this made some interesting points about the relationship between poor mental health in the West and a loss of access to nature. However, I had two major issues with it:
1) The call-to-action offered no real solutions. It would be great to have more biophilic urban design and greater rights for nature. How are we going to build public support and credible policies for that? It just felt a bit limp in the end.
2) This author is based in the UK, but cherry picked examples from all over the world to support their points. I think it’s very difficult to write something that is truly relevant across countries and cultures (the best I’ve read is This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein). This book ended up feeling a bit shallow as a result.

ilikebooks_okay's review

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challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

jadekelly90's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

jlongstaff's review

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.5