The spread of media technologies over the past generation has led to an ever-growing detachment from the natural world. A few years ago, a study of the steady decline in visits to national parks explained the causes of the downtrend in terms of “watching movies, playing video games, internet use, and oil prices.”11xSee Oliver R. W. Pergams and Patricia A. Zaradic, “Is Love of Nature in the US Becoming Love of Electronic Media? 16-year Downtrend in National Park Visits Explained by Watching Movies, Playing Video Games, Internet Use, and Oil Prices,” Journal of Environmental Management 80 (2006): 387–93. Everyone, adults and children alike, are outside less and engaged with media technology more.