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Hey everyone, you are in for a treat as we have our very own senior sustainability editor here

at MyBuddyGreen, the one and only, Emma Lowey, here on the show to talk about her amazing new book

titled Return to Nature. The new science of how natural landscapes restore us. Who doesn't love

a title like that? I'm not good to see you. Good to see you two days in lakes for having me. It's

fun on the side of things. Such a pleasure. I loved your book and such an important message. So

let's start with the why. Why the book? Yeah, so it's funny. I mean, I think this book is a

culmination of a lot of the work that I've been doing at NBG for the past like seven years now,

which is crazy to say. You know, over the years of interviewing folks about, you know, the intersection

of climate and health, you know, I've had the honor of, you know, speaking with a lot of really

incredible thought leaders in sustainability. I found that oftentimes when I ask them about their

initial inspiration to get involved in the work that they do, a lot of them can point to an

experience that they had in nature or maybe an experience that they had in nature with their

children that sort of inspired them to, you know, take action to protect this planet. So I thought

it was, you know, I've always been intrigued by the idea of putting out a resource that helps people

get outside more and then use that sort of connection that they formed with nature as almost like

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