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	<title><![CDATA[We Need Nature to Stay Smart]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/graham-hill/we-need-nature-to-stay-sm_b_210681.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://treehugger.com/"><img src='http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/33813/original.jpg'align='right'></a>The sun's still got maybe 2.3 billion habitable years, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/02/scientists-earth-could-ac_n_210195.html">scientists have recently stated</a>. It helps to put our climate troubles in a bigger perspective.</p>

<p>While climate woes are real and we need to respond to them, there are other reasons to rethink how we now are in the world. As human beings, we deeply need the soothing sights and sounds of the natural world, and to keep battling the <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/08/earthwatch-institute-volunteers.php">nature deficit disorder</a> so many city kids suffer...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Green]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-06-03T12:45:00-04:00</date_published>
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