Nature Rx Part 3: Timeless Prescription (PG-13)

Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, or simply naturally real?

Over the weekend I've seen people wandering around holding up their iPads filming the view rather than actually looking at it themselves. This means they only capture what is in front of the lens rather than the whole view. Even if they then watch the film many times, they are still missing something. I also watched as a group of young people sat at a viewpoint looking at their mobiles, one playing a soccer game, one playing a tetris type game, one messaging and another playing Pokemon, all missing what could be seen, the reason for the viewpoint and the effort made to reach it! once they were shown they became enthralled in the real world around them rather than the virtual one created by others.

Golden banded dragonfly

looking across the valley

one of the local red squirrels

Osprey on the nest (in the valley above)

All these were seen in just a small period of time, but you need to open your eyes and look, take in your surroundings. Don't get your nature fix from a screen, it is much more beneficial to experience nature and our place in it than the easy option of virtual space.

Ray Mears and The Path of Grey Owl

In this short film some of the ideas we teach on our courses are highlighted. The beauty of the countryside, our connection to it and our responsibility to protect that which we are part of. A path that is mindful, a path that is healthy for us and the planet.