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Nature and wellbeing in the digital age: how to feel better without logging off / Sue Thomas.

By: Thomas, Sue, 1951- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Second edition.Description: 157 pages : illustrations (black and white), 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781548291143 (paperback); 1548291145 (paperback).Subject(s): Information society | Internet -- Social aspects | WellbeingDDC classification: 306.46
Contents:
Foreword: choose more nature -- How to feel better -- The birds in the trees -- Life is changing -- We know nature is good for us -- The rift -- I don't live as well as I should -- Heading for the hills -- A battle for our digital souls -- I worry too -- Nature is on our screens -- Biophilia: the hidden programme -- How biophilia works -- Environmental psychology -- Technobiophilia -- Getting rid of the guilt -- You're in control, not your phone -- Rediscovering -- Just looking at nature is good for you -- Gazing at clouds -- Take a walk in the woods -- Green offices increase productivity -- Walking in nature helps you think -- Mucking out the burros -- Organic materials bridge the gap -- Being away -- Thinking of getting a digital detox -- Loving FarmVille -- The landscapes of Grand Theft Auto -- Where am I -- The joy of surfing -- Experimenting with virtual reality -- Cyber-Parks -- Make something technobiophilic -- Coming to your senses: meditation -- Nearby nature -- How we spend our days -- Tech-nature balance -- Putting it into practice -- Audit your tech-nature balance -- 50 tips, tricks and experiments to try -- Afterword: an integrated life -- Share.
Summary: "A note about this edition: the first edition of this book was published in digital format. For the second edition, it has been redesigned for print. Layout has been changed, some sections moved around, and page numbers added. The content has been revised in places" --Title page verso
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Wellbeing 306.46 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Wellbeing Collection - Wellbeing 00220140
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Are you always staring at your phone and never at the sky? If so, you're not alone. Many people today feel divorced from the natural world and a good number blame it on their digital lives. But what we need is more nature, not less technology.Find out how our smartphones, tablets and computers connect us to the natural world and learn 50 ways to bring your own digital life closer to nature.This book is not about giving up technology, it's about opening up your life. Join the Digital Wellbeing Facebook Group to share ideas and experiences https://www.facebook.com/groups/digitalwellbeing/ ABOUT THE AUTHORSue Thomas has an international reputation for her accessible and wide-ranging writing on technology, nature and culture. PRAISE FOR 'TECHNOBIOPHILIA: NATURE AND CYBERSPACE''I'll admit it: I love tech with natural elements like wood, and I don't think I'm alone.' (Mike Elgan, Confessions of a Technobiophiliac, Computerworld)'The book is about a powerful subliminal urge by our entire species to hang onto our connection to the natural world, as we are pulled deeper into the digital age.' (George Davis, Psychology Today)'A challenge to the sanctity of some mythical idea of our authentic experience of nature. (Richard Coyne, Edinburgh College of Art)'A very personal and broadly interdisciplinary look at one of the most important issues of our time - the tension between the natural and digital worlds. This book provides a useful lens for seeing where we are, who we are, and where humans, our digital creations, and the natural world are heading. We need to learn to make fulfilling lives without abandoning either the world of technology or the world of biology. Technobiophilia shows the way.' ( Howard Rheingold, writer and critic.)'Technobiophilia reminds readers that we control how we use our technology-and even smartphones and screensavers can help us connect to the natural world.' (Emily Glaser, Orion Magazine)

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Foreword: choose more nature -- How to feel better -- The birds in the trees -- Life is changing -- We know nature is good for us -- The rift -- I don't live as well as I should -- Heading for the hills -- A battle for our digital souls -- I worry too -- Nature is on our screens -- Biophilia: the hidden programme -- How biophilia works -- Environmental psychology -- Technobiophilia -- Getting rid of the guilt -- You're in control, not your phone -- Rediscovering -- Just looking at nature is good for you -- Gazing at clouds -- Take a walk in the woods -- Green offices increase productivity -- Walking in nature helps you think -- Mucking out the burros -- Organic materials bridge the gap -- Being away -- Thinking of getting a digital detox -- Loving FarmVille -- The landscapes of Grand Theft Auto -- Where am I -- The joy of surfing -- Experimenting with virtual reality -- Cyber-Parks -- Make something technobiophilic -- Coming to your senses: meditation -- Nearby nature -- How we spend our days -- Tech-nature balance -- Putting it into practice -- Audit your tech-nature balance -- 50 tips, tricks and experiments to try -- Afterword: an integrated life -- Share.

"A note about this edition: the first edition of this book was published in digital format. For the second edition, it has been redesigned for print. Layout has been changed, some sections moved around, and page numbers added. The content has been revised in places" --Title page verso