Was a pleasure working with these inspirational folks @jkarl.bsky.social Adam Daly & Giovanna Bortolini! Finally, staying with the important seasonal theme of our paper: Happy Easter :)

We provide some speculation on how social media and digital technology could be used creatively by individuals + communities for nature connection & preservation + identify areas for future transdisciplinary research & theory development.

... both the environment and traditional rituals, with many unintended side effects & consequences. We highlight the need of ritual for humans + great potential of emerging rituals in the digital space for human & nature connection

We argue (a) humans have used rituals with purpose for millenia, (b) that rituals were often centered around nature and seasonal cycles, & (c) importantly: runaway sociocultural niche construction driven by technological changes has disconnected humans from ...