Reviewed by Tanya Goyal: Jones, L. (2020). Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild. United Kingdom

With the recent global COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, there has been a rigorous shift in focus from physical problems to increasing mental health problems, possibly due to environmental degradation—Lucy Jones' book Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild addresses such a stance. Today, many of us lead "indoor" lifestyles, estranged from the environment more than before. Despite this, nature profoundly influences human language, culture, and conscience. So, 'what happens when we lose our connection to nature?' wonders renowned journalist Lucy Jones in this book. 'Does it mean we are losing a piece of who we are as humans?'