Where Nature and technology meet

THERE is a certain irony in how technology could be accused of being one of the causes of Nature’s decline and yet it is most likely technology that will save it. Much has been written about the big projects, but what of the little things, the day-to-day, the birdsong, the flowers in the street or in the hedgerow? It’s these little moments that allow us to ‘repair our connection to Nature,’ according to author Melissa Harrison. Her new app, Encounter, is a free guided Nature journal that allows ...