Restoring Peace

Richard Louv's words of wisdom resonated with me, in looking to nature to heal after the tragedy of the Sandy Hook shootings. Check out his blog post here.

And here is a lovely quote from the article.

“Simply getting people together, outside, working in a caring capacity with nature, perhaps even intergenerationally, may be as important as the healing of nature itself,” suggests Rick Kool, a professor in the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia. “Perhaps, in trying to ‘heal the world’ through restoration, we end up healing ourselves.”