THE NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORK
The NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM
The NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM is designed to guide and support individuals on their path towards Nature Connectedness. Nature Connectedness knowledge and awareness is a crucially needed foundation in a world facing overwhelming crisis issues concerning both human and planetary health.
Through a solid iterative process combining the interdisciplinary depth and breadth of Nature Connectedness research with 25 years of experience in bridging the sustainability-experience gap needed to successfully enter the regenerative era from a human and planetary needs perspective, The NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM has been conceived.
Operationalized a 5-step developmental process to enhanced awareness and perception of the importance of the human-nature relation, the consequences of our growing disconnection from nature, and the pathways to ensure and maintain it, The NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM provides a solid cognitive and embodied foundation for the human desire and choice to stay on the nature connected path.
Through the steps of awareness, appreciation, attitude, advocacy and action the framework builds individuals capable of facilitating Nature Connectedness within themselves and their organisations.
AWARENESS
The first level of the framework aims to create a profound understanding of the complexity of nature and its significant impact on human lives. By exploring nature’s regenerative principles and analyzing individual and collective awareness of nature as a resource, the foundation of the framework strives to enhance our attention to the valuable lessons and inspirations that nature can offer.
APPRECIATION
The second step is all about creating sensory opportunities to feel deeply affectionately connected to, in awe, and appreciatative of our natural surroundings. By exploring nature’s potential as a source of both innovation and invitation, and studying and embodying examples of how nature affects us, heals us, and provides us clarity, this phase lays the foundation to strengthen our ability to appreciate and actively incorporate nature into our daily lives.
ATTITUDE
Halfway up the steps of The NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM pyramid, the focus is on cultivating a positive and nature-oriented attitude. By identifying and challenging barriers to nature-oriented self- and organizational leadership, and conducting exercises that strengthen a positive mindset and flexibility, the third framework phase opens individuals to nature’s inspiration and makes them capable of incorporating this inspiration into their daily practices.
ADVOCACY
The NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM step four sets out to develop the ability to be a strong advocate for nature-connected mindset, leadership, sustainability. Through the development of communication skills and strategies to create awareness within both the personal and professional entities of life, the objective of this phase is to build empowerment to influence positive change and promote nature-oriented approaches.
ACTION
The final phase of the framework focuses on moving from theory to practice by creating and implementing concrete actions based on nature-connected principles. Through the development of action competence, and action plans for personal and organizational implementation, as well as the evaluation of results and adjustment of strategies, the 5th step aims to enable individual to translate their nature-connected knowledge into sustainable actions.
Why the NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM ?
Working in the intersection between academic research and lived real-world practice for more than two decades, developer of the The NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM, Tanya Uhnger Wünsche, has experienced a public demand for deepening the understanding of the intrinsic psychological need for nature around us, as well as within us.
Five decades of research and acknowledgment of Nature Connectedness as a needed individual and collective experience, strongly cements the positive outcomes of perceiving oneself as connected to nature. Nonetheless, numerous examples that the human psychological and intrinsic feeling, yet measurable outcome of Nature Connectedness, for many is a concept rather hard to grasp.
Therefore, The NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM was conceived to, in an accessible step-by-step manner, facilitate the path and provide support in all psychological and transformational phases towards increased and permanent Nature Connectedness.
NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM Certification
Aiming to facilitate Nature Connectedness awareness and experience to as many fellow human-beings as possible, we have created a certification course that allows and enables you to use the framework in your entity, hence opens the possibility and expands the circle of nature connected individuals. As the framework is carefully developed, and needs application in specific situations and arenas, we offer certification courses following an application process to endure the readiness of the clients and their organisation.
Interested in a NEED FOR NATURE FRAMEWORKTM certification to take your strategic competencies to the next level? Apply here
NATURE CONNECTEDNESS IN YOUR POCKETTM
As part of our strategy to maintain a broad outreach in our mission to spread awareness and facilitate experience equally, and to all industries and levels of profession, we are launching our very own App.
The NATURE CONNECTEDNESS IN YOUR POCKETTM App sets out to expand Nature Connectedness Awareness, inspire immersion in deep sensory nature connecting experiences, track our users’ personal or professional human-nature relationship goals, and build community around Nature Connectedness exploration, we have gathered everything we know in a mobile app, ensuring that you always have Nature Connectedness inspiration handy. The app supports you in fostering the deep and meaningful connection with nature that is essential for your health, well-being, and healing, your creativity and ability to enter a flow state, and your sustainability awareness and capability to advocate and act on behalf of your environmental surroundings.
With NATURE CONNECTEDNESS IN YOUR POCKETTM you are never more than a few clicks away from your next Nature Connectedness boost. Whether you need an immersive mindful mental break from the busy city vibe, you need to gain a deeper understanding of what happened to your nervous system during a forest bathing session and how you can recreate and facilitate this experience for others, or you need inspiration for exercises or educational foundation to increase Nature Connectedness awareness in yourself, your clients or students, Nature Connectedness in Your Pocket is always just at hand ready to support your every need.
NATURE CONNECTEDNESS IN YOUR POCKETTM provides you the opportunity to track and monitor your personal level and state of Nature Connectedness over time. This way you can increase your awareness of the importance of continuously attending to your cognitive and somatic need for Nature Connectedness by setting goals, tracking your progress, and receiving personalized recommendations to deepen your bond with the natural world.
And if you feel like sharing your experiences, aims and aspirations, the amazing Community invites you into a family of likeminded Nature Connectedness ambassadors always open to share, discuss and inspire you to more, better, and deeper Nature Connectedness perceptions.
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