Health and the human condition
Over thousands of years, our bodies have evolved in concert with the natural world: waking and resting in harmony with natural light cycles, drinking pure water and breathing fresh, clean air. Modern living has had a massive, increasingly negative impact on our overall well-being, with sedentary lives, unhealthy diets, pollution and nature-deprivation leading to health complications, social isolation, loneliness, and stress
Today, we spend around 90% of our lives indoors. Our efforts to maintain healthier lifestyles can be significantly undermined by subtle forces such as the quality of indoor air and water, and even the quality of our lighting. Indoor environments can influence almost every aspect of our lives, from our moods and energy levels to how well we sleep and how productive we are throughout the day.