Index

List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments x
Preface xii

1 A place so new that some things still lack names 1
  Life 2
  The start 4
  Cyberspace 8
  Biophilia 9
  Technobiophilia 11
  The spirit of the camp 14

2 How nature soothes our connected minds 25
  Now this is bandwidth 26
  Attention and restoration 31
  Nearby nature 35
  Being away 39
  Extent 46
  Soft fascination 52
  Compatibility 61
  Mindfulness 67

3 Cybernetic meadows: The California connection 71
  West of the West 72
  Lo 74
  Planet Earth 75
  Machines of loving grace 77
  Pioneers 80
  Counterculture 84

4 An enormous, unbounded world 93
  Space and place 94
  Pathways 105
  Information superhighway 107
  Maps 111
  Ecosystem 112
  Home 114
  Biophilic design 122

5 Organisms 127
  Bestiary 128
  Animalia 130
  Humans 143
  The greening of the brain 152

6 Living deliberately 159
  Walden 160
  Restorative practice  163
  Practicalities 167
  Indoors 169
  Outdoors 174
  Online 180
  Last thoughts 187

Notes 189
Bibliography 225
Index  245