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Egress! How technophilia can reinforce biophilia to improve ecological restoration

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dc.contributor.authorBuettel, Jessie C.en
dc.contributor.authorBrook, Barry W.en
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T08:43:50Z
dc.date.available2026-06-27T08:43:50Z
dc.date.issued2016en
dc.description.abstractFor effective and sustained ecological restoration, community support is essential. Yet, in modern society, artificial constructs and electronic technology now dominate most peoples' interests (technophilia). This has led to a perceived growing disconnection between humans and nature. We ask how such technology might be harnessed as an agent of connection to the environment, rather than being seen as a driver of detachment. We use the example of a hugely popular mobile augmented reality smartphone game “Ingress” to show how gaming technology can excite people about nature, unlock their inherent biophilia, and highlight the value of ecological restoration in their everyday lives.en
dc.description.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.format.extent5en
dc.identifier.issn1061-2971en
dc.identifier.otherORCID:/0000-0001-6737-7468/work/218726697en
dc.identifier.scopus84973299893en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733812129
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rights©2016 The authors en
dc.sourceRestoration Ecologyen
dc.subjectartificialen
dc.subjectaugmented realityen
dc.subjectconservationen
dc.subjectgamesen
dc.subjectIngressen
dc.subjectnatureen
dc.subjectrestorationen
dc.subjectsmartphoneen
dc.titleEgress! How technophilia can reinforce biophilia to improve ecological restorationen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage847en
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage843en
local.contributor.affiliationBuettel, Jessie C.; School of Biological Sciencesen
local.contributor.affiliationBrook, Barry W.; University of Tasmaniaen
local.identifier.citationvolume24en
local.identifier.doi10.1111/rec.12387en
local.identifier.pure0d5758a0-c02e-4a4c-9631-fd71b063318fen
local.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84973299893en
local.type.statusPublisheden

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