Nature deficit disorder is the term sometimes used to describe what some think is a growing trend in young people’s preference to spend time indoors with ‘screen’ technology rather than outdoors in nature. Is spending time in nature important? As cities continue to grow, how does our understanding of nature change? And is technology replacing our experience with the outdoors?

Moderator

Jennesia Pedri 

Jennesia Pedri is a PhD student in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Her research interests include children, youth and media cultures, histories of childhood and film adaptation studies. Jennesia received her BA in Communication and English Literature from Carleton University and her MA in Media Studies from the University of Western Ontario. In addition to her work as a teaching assistant at SFU, Jennesia is a frequent contributor to the “Endnotes” column in Geist Magazine.

About the Philosophers' Café

Philosophers’ Café is a series of informal public discussions in libraries, cafés and restaurants throughout Metro Vancouver. The cafés, which are open to everyone, have brought dialogue and discussion to thousands of people who are interested in exploring issues from the absurd to the sublime. To learn more about the Philosophers’ Café, please visit their website.