A short YouTube advice segment by Wendie Trubow encouraging urban residents to broaden their definition of "nature" and use nearby green spaces, street trees, and houseplants to maintain a connection with the natural world. The speaker emphasizes practical, low-cost actions (stepping outside, seeking nearby trees, buying small potted plants) and challenges listeners in dense high-rises to find creative ways to connect.
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Yeah. Where do they start? And what do you do for people who just, they don't live near nature, but they do live near nature. It's, it's how you define nature. If what we're thinking is nature is only that which is outside of an urban environment and we have to go out into the forest in order to benefit from nature, then we're limiting what's possible for ourselves. Most major cities have green space, they have parks. Now if you're living in a, you know, I don't know, downtown Manhattan and you're in a high rise and you don't even have a balcony, it's going to be a little more challenging. But I would ask people to rise to that challenge. You know, once you get out of your apartment building and your feet are on the ground, look up, look around you see if there's a tree that you could just go and hang out with, even if that tree is encased in concrete. Most cities and city planners have put and included green space and trees and nature. Or go to the grocery store and if your grocery store sells houseplants, go and spend $5 on a little 4 inch pot of something that you really feel a connection with. You love the way the leaves look or the flowers or whatever and bring that into your home. That is still nature. So I'd be hard pressed to find anybody who could tell me that they don't have any connection or ability to connect with the natural world in some way or another.
