the weary frontal cortex, engages our senses, and renews our ability to pay attention - in a relaxing, involuntary way, without trying.


Nature rests our exhausted brain.


Freed from the relentless push to focus, it lets other parts of itself come alive: emotion, imagination, empathy, and more.


Harvard University’s Center for Health and the Global Environment predicts that by 2030, 86 percent of developed nations’ population will live in cities, most of them starved for green space. Te shift won’t change our craving for nature - that


need is instinctive, almost impossible to erase. In Kinship to Mastery: Biophilia in Human Evolution and Development, social ecologist Stephen Kellert points out how consistent our response to nature is, across cultures and generations. We’re drawn by its harmony and order, its promise of sustenance and security, its mystery and wonders, and its ability to heal and restore us.


Wise designers make subtle use of that attraction, tapping into forces twined so deeply into our psyche, we’re often not even aware of their power over us. In this issue of Destinology, we explore how nature inspires us and destination design.


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