![]() ![]() The psychological construct of nature connectedness has been consistently linked to well-being and pro-nature behavioral outcomes, with a sense of self considered important for individuals to feel like they are part of nature. The Pathways consist of five values inspired by Kellert's proposed biophilic values (1993) as follows: 1) naturalistic value -a sense pathway: engaging with nature through one's senses 2) humanistic value -emotion pathway: reflecting on/being mindful of affective states elicited by engaging with nature 3) symbolic value -meaning pathway: finding personal meaning in nature via using nature or nature-based symbolism to communicate concepts not directly expressed 4) moralist values -compassion pathway: extending one's self to include nature, finding similarity with nature which in turn leads to acting compassionately towards the rest of nature and 5) esthetic value -beauty pathway: noticing the esthetic beauty of nature. The process of meaningfully engaging with nature whether through noticing nature or through other ways tends to draw upon the Five Pathways to Nature Connectedness Framework ( Lumber et al., 2017 ), which captures ways people can meaningfully reconnect with nature. ![]() Recent interventions shown to improve nature connectedness and its associated outcomes tend to focus on turning attention to the natural environment such as the widely used "Three Good Things in Nature " ( Keenan et al., 2021 McEwan et al., 2019McEwan et al.,, 2020Richardson et al., 2015 Richardson and Sheffield, 2017 ). The pathways also provide alternative values and frames to the traditional knowledge and identification routes often used by organisations when engaging the public with nature. The findings indicate that contact, emotion, meaning, compassion, and beauty are pathways for improving nature connectedness. In a third study (n = 72), a walking intervention with activities operationalising the identified predictors, was found to significantly increase connection to nature when compared to walking in nature alone or walking in and engaging with the built environment. Contact, emotion, meaning, and compassion, with the latter mediated by engagement with natural beauty, were predictors of connection with nature, yet knowledge based activities were not. Two online surveys (total n = 321) of engagement with, and value of, nature activities structured around the nine values of the Biophila Hypothesis were conducted. However the specific routes to nature connectedness have not been examined systematically. ![]() General nature contact and knowledge based activities are often used in an attempt to engage people with nature. Feeling connected to nature has been shown to be beneficial to wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour. ![]()
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