Humans Need the Wilderness to be Happy

Elizabeth Fernandez · Forbes · March 4, 2020

Featuring Peter Kahn, Nature and Health researcher and Steering Committee member

As we embed ourselves more and more in urban environments, it’s important to remember our need for a connection to nature. The results can also help city planners when designing parks.

“Everywhere, development is chipping away at wild areas,” says senior author Peter Kahn. “Humanity has caused so much destruction and there’s no stopping it — unless we stop. We’re trying to show that if you’re going to develop an area, you at least need to understand the human costs.”