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Roots

Roots

We humans are evolutionarily primed to live in concert with the natural world, but these days Americans spend over 92% of time either indoors or inside a vehicle. The result? Stress, inflammation and — for some of us — a pervasive sense of malaise.

American culture is designed to keep us indoors because capitalist engines make money when we are distracted, and yet cutting-edge science supports the reality that life on this planet is radically interconnected. On today’s show author Lyanda Lynn Haupt introduces the concept of rooted living to benefit of both humans and nature.

 

Here’s a preview:

[11:00] Nature provides connection, and yet 21st century life vilifies the outdoors

[16:00] Exactly why our capitalist engines benefit when we live indoors lives

[22:00] Musings on our collected extractive mindset, plus: how roots are the antidote

[28:00] Lyanda’s Number One tip for re-rooting yourself and your children (It’s a good one!)

 

 

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