"Nature is a precious gift."

A very pleasant, easy read self help book suggesting reasons why everyone needs to bring as much nature as is possible into everyday life and suggestions, especially aimed at urban dwellers, as to how this might be achieved. Some very interesting, sometimes surprising, facts and access to supportive photographs and videos via his website. Whilst very interesting, some aspects are worrisome and not easily surmountable, such as the problem of the terrible loss of that superb nighttime vision of the stars, made pallid if not totally hidden nowadays by light polution.

The text is written in a gentle and non preaching way, and some ideas such as increasing light indoors and ventilating living areas are within the means of all readers. But as the book points out, so much of wild nature has now disappeared, many would find all but the most basic of reconnecting difficlt , even if well worth the effort. The narration, like the text, is nicely phrased, Adam Barr's voice very pleasant and well modulated.

My thanks to the rights holder of Connecting with Life, who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Audiobook Boom. This is a book which saddened me that so much vibrant life giving gifts - natural beauty such as the sound of bees buzzing, scents of the forest, the vast majesty of the skies and deserts, to mention but a few - are increasingly becoming lost to us. But with a little ingenuity and determination, great benefits can still be found.
Recommended for everyone, rural as well as urban dwellers

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