The connectedness to nature scale – Takiwasi Research Center

Yout Name

often feel a sense of oneness with the natural world around me.

I think of the natural world as a community to which I belong.

I recognize and appreciate the intelligence of other living organisms.

I often feel disconnected from nature.

When I think of my life, I imagine myself to be part of a larger cyclical process of living.

I often feel a kinship with animals and plants.

I feel as though I belong to the Earth as equally as it belongs to me.

I have a deep understanding of how my actions affect the natural world.

I often feel part of the web of life.

I feel that all inhabitants of Earth, human, and nonhuman, share a common ‘life force’.

Like a tree can be part of a forest, I feel embedded within the broader natural world.

When I think of my place on Earth, I consider myself to be a top member of a hierarchy that exists in nature.

I often feel like I am only a small part of the natural world around me, and that I am no more important than the grass on the ground or the birds in the trees.

My personal welfare is independent of the welfare of the natural world.