The world around us – not just the climate – is changing. The global population is set to hit 8 billion in the next ten years. Temperatures are rising and air and sea pollution are at an all-time high. But are our ideas about Nature changing with it? At Wellcome Collection, a London-based venue that explores the connections between medicine, life and art, we’ve been talking to our visitors about what Nature is and how they relate to it. Many expressed a wish to “get back to Nature” or lamented our apparent disconnect from the natural world – but is it time to stop seeing Nature as something separate ...
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