Home | News | Opinion Learning From Nature Opinion: Learning from nature Today’s times of estrangement warrant us to reconnect with nature which offers holistic benefits By Telangana Today Published Date - 16 June 2024, 11:58 PM By Viiveck Verma We talk of nature a lot today, albeit mechanically. Outside conversations on sustainability, there is little that we think of it, particularly in terms of its potential to inspire us. In fact, learning from nature on a deeper level often appears to be a less pragmatic proposition than talking about it and harnessing its resources.
However, this dominant line of thought demonstrates humankind’s misplaced priorities. Instead of learning from nature in harmonious coexistence, we are geared towards merely using the things it has to offer. This viewpoint forgets that nature has been a constant source of inspiration for humanity since time immemorial.
In fact, today’s times of estrangement warrant us to reconnect with nature and there are holistic benefits to be availed through such an approach — scientific, therapeutic and intellectual. To begin, we need to look at the various ways in which nature serves as inspiration, co-exists with us and leads to profound thought. These arenas can be distinguished in our exploration for coherence, notwithstanding the fact that these are only provisional categories and nature is beneficial to us in more ways and manifestations than we can count.
Impact on Science Let us start by looking at natur.
