Lockdown 2020: How living slowly is changing your perception of nature In my previous post I talked about how taking the train, which is slower than flying, allowed me to feel a deeper, more affective and embodied empathy for the environment. Delving deeper into what allowed this empathy to emerge I was drawn to recent writings about Slowness. This idea of Slowness has been gathering pace since 1986 when a group of Italian activists protested against the opening of McDonalds in Italy. From this, the idea of Slow Food emerged, arguing that fast food threatens our environment, lifestyle and land. This idea then grew to other Slow movements such as Slow Cities which are a push against globalisation through the resistance of the introduction of monocultural amenities, creating new rhythms of life. Slow Education also emerged in 2002 when Professor Maurice Holt called for an education which is localised and unique and builds knowledge from within a local context. This m...