Scientists are increasingly becoming aware that human contact with wilderness and the natural riches that survive – precariously in this era of species extinction – has invaluable healing powers. This is a central theme in the work of Pullitzer-prize-winning author, Edmond O Wilson. His theory of “biophilia” states that humans are intrinsically attracted to other living species because of the well-being that results from exposure to un spoilt environments.
This series of 24-minute films examines the various, eclectic and multi-faceted ways in which different groups of people in South, and southern Africa, are using their contact with, and preservation of, wilderness to reverse the destruction … to heal the wounds of the past.
’There are unknown forces within nature, when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she leads them to us, she shows us those forms which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.” - Auguste Rodin
