Romantics, mushrooms, digital detox and more

Resurfacing a handful of hidden ideas

Mar 17, 2024

If you joined The Unplugged Club and Essential Nature since November or on Substack, you’re probably not aware of several dozen previously published posts.

Here are a handful of ideas to rethink Nature and tech. Please comment and share if you enjoy them!

The Unplugged Club

A 250-year-old idea with fresh relevance

Marsha Stopa

November 26, 2023

A 250-year-old idea with fresh relevance

Yo-Yo Ma summed up my motivation for starting The Unplugged Club in a recent New York Times interview. “What if there’s a way that we can end up thinking and feeling and knowing that we are coming from nature,

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Are two phones better than one?

Marsha Stopa

November 27, 2023

What if the solution to smartphone addiction is … two phones? George Mack, who calls himself “WiFi Pirate” on Twitter with 264K followers, fixed his smartphone addiction with what he calls the Cocaine-Kale Protocol.

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The power of the simple act of noticing nature

Marsha Stopa

November 27, 2023

The power of the simple act of noticing nature

A recent post on mushrooms and their far-reaching rootmass of mycelia generated the most responses I’ve received on a newsletter topic. Mushrooms, it seems, are a hot topic.

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Why a single man needed a digital detox

Marsha Stopa

November 27, 2023

Last week I had an opportunity to talk with a man who signed himself up for a digital detox long weekend in the nearby North Carolina mountains in 2015. We’ll call him Tom.

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Are you missing out on the best over-crowded, grid-locked, outdoor vacation of your life?

Marsha Stopa

November 27, 2023

Are you missing out on the best over-crowded, grid-locked, outdoor vacation of your life?

One of the widespread changes that has stuck since Covid is the surge of interest in outdoor recreation, especially visits to U.S. national parks and public lands.

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Romantics, mushrooms, digital detox and more

Resurfacing a handful of hidden ideas

A 250-year-old idea with fresh relevance

Are two phones better than one?

The power of the simple act of noticing nature

Why a single man needed a digital detox

Are you missing out on the best over-crowded, grid-locked, outdoor vacation of your life?

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