ARE OUR CITIES MAKING US UNHEALTHY IN WAYS WE NEVER EXPECTED.

As the world becomes more urbanised, and more people live in apartments without any connection to the awe-inspiring power of nature, there is some science that shows this shift could have ramifications that we didn’t expect. In fact, some of the leading researchers in this field believe that depriving people of awe is directly tied to the broader societal shift that is making us more individualistic, materialistic and less connected to others. They say we need to actively seek out awe-inspiring moments in our lives and they have evidence to back that theory up.

Researchers from the University of California, …read more