History Main / InHarmonyWithNature

* In fact, the vast majority of L. M. Montgomery heroines possess this trope. [[AnneOfGreenGables Anne asserts that]] she could never be happy someplace that didn't have trees. ''Jane of Lantern Hill'' blossoms when she moves out to the countryside. Marigold (from ''Magic for Marigold'') loves nothing better than to roam the hills and shore of Prince Edward Island.

* In ''{{Heidi}}'', Alm-Uncle has many elements of this trope (with the comeuppance that he is not a people person.) Heidi manages to live in harmony with the goats ''and'' [[FriendToAllLivingThings charm everyone around her]]. She also suffers in city environments.

* The ponies, in ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', aren't so much in harmony with nature as crucial to its functioning. They clean up the winter snow, change the seasons and the weather, tend the 'wild' animals, and nurture the plants. One character even speaks of the Everfree Forest as a horrific place because the plants grow on their own and the animals take care of themselves.

* The Paper Masters seen in the ''{{Thundercats2011}}'' episode "The Forest of Magi Oar" think they are this, being the Forest's self-proclaimed guardians. [[spoiler:They're not. Their desire for power is ''harming'' the forest (through a paper mill), so much so that the ''true'' guardian of the Forest wants to evict them.]]

** Magrat seems to ''expect'' witches to embody this trope, even though she's seen enough of Granny and Nanny to know they're a lot more practical than this. Witches ''were'' generally depicted as more InHarmonyWithNature than wizards, at least until ''Discworld/IShallWearMidnight'' pointed out that urban witches are entirely possible.

* Parodied in ''{{Discworld}}''; the wizards expected Mustrum Ridcully to be a "roams the forests with every beast his brother" type, who talked to birds, because he was a wizard who lived in the countryside. He turned out to be a GreatWhiteHunter who ''shouted'' at birds ("Winged yer, yer bastard!"), but he's still more in harmony with nature than the other wizards, who never leave the city if they can avoid it.

* In the modern novels of the StarTrekExpandedUniverse, the Kazarites and Irriol are two races like this. The Kazarites have telepathic and empathic links with animals, and accordingly have a culture greatly concerned with preserving natural eco-systems. This empathy extends to animals beyond Kazar itself, allowing them to aid in the restoration of other, more damaged planets. In StarTrekMereAnarchy, their "ecopaths" play a role in the terraforming of central planet Mestiko, which has been heavily damaged by a pulsar. The Irriol are even more InHarmonyWithNature, to the point where they are willing to sacrifice their lives to predators if they sense that the ecosphere is better served by their deaths.

* The ponies, in ''MyLittlePoniesFriendshipIsMagic'', aren't so much in harmony with nature as crucial to its functioning. They clean up the winter snow, change the seasons and the weather, tend the 'wild' animals, and nurture the plants. One character even speaks of the Everfree Forest as a horrific place because the plants grow on their own and the animals take care of themselves.

Not to be confused with CloserToEarth, even though quite often a [[AlwaysFemale character]] described as CloserToEarth will also be InHarmonyWithNature.

* Ancient Hawaii. The people had sort of a shifting schedule of taboo that made sure that they never ran out of a resource. This stopped after the onset of Christianity. Which once again proves how destructive monotheism is.

* Ancient Hawaii. The people had sort of a shifting schedule of taboo that made sure that they never ran out of a resource. This stopped after the onset of Christianity.

* The Na'vi in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' live in the midst of a jungle, and actually communicates with other animals directly. [[FantasticAesop Which makes it really easy to accomplish, compared to us humans]].

* In the Camping Episode of {{TheSimpsons}}, Marge and Lisa was separated from the rest of their family. With nothing, they managed to have a nice fire and a comfortable place to rest. Marge was even seen sweeping out the hut and arranging the living animals in a row. Homer and Bart, on the other hand, were not so lucky...

* The elves in ''TheInheritanceCycle'' are even more InHarmonyWithNature than even Tolkien's elves, to the point that they are a bunch of pompous [[{{Veganopia}} vegans]] who use magic to bend nature to their will.

Not to be confused with CloserToEarth, even though quite often an [[AlwaysFemale character]] described as CloserToEarth will also be InHarmonyWithNature.

This, simply, is a character or a society who, either by training or by intuition, understands the resources and rhythms of nature exceptionally well, and lives accordingly. They may be able survive in, or travel through, an apparently forbidding wilderness with ease. If they're not an actual NatureHero, they'll probably be a virtually self-sufficient farmer or gardener, able to coax [[CallToAgriculture glorious harvests out of the ground]] with a single trowel and love (and certainly never with pesticides) and will pontificate about the ancient wisdom of the soil. At the very least, they'll be able to experience a simple jaunt through [[{{Arcadia}} the countryside]] on a deeper level to any more urban-minded people around them.

This, simply, is a character or a society who, either by training or by intuition, understands the resources and rhythms of nature exceptionally well, and lives accordingly. They may be able survive in, or travel through, an apparently forbidding wilderness with ease. If they're not an actual NatureHero, they'll probably be a virtually self-sufficient farmer or gardener, able to coax [[CallToAgriculture glorious harvests out of the ground]] with a single trowel and love (and certainly never with pesticides) and will pontificate about the ancient wisdom of the soil. At the very least, they'll be able to experience a simple jaunt through the countryside on a deeper level to any more urban-minded people around them.

This, simply, is a character or a society who, either by training or by intuition, understands the resources and rhythms of nature exceptionally well, and lives accordingly. They may be able survive in, or travel through, an apparently forbidding wilderness with ease. If they're not an actual NatureHero, they'll probably be a virtually self-sufficient farmer or gardener, able to coax glorious harvests out of the ground with a single trowel and love (and certainly never with pesticides) and will pontificate about the ancient wisdom of the soil. At the very least, they'll be able to experience a simple jaunt through the countryside on a deeper level to any more urban-minded people around them.

* ''LordOfTheRings''. Partly by virtue of the quasi-mediaeval setting, many of the societies and individuals included are depicted InHarmonyWithNature in one way or another:

* In the Camping Episode of {{TheSimpsons}}, Marge and Lisa was separated from the rest of their family. With nothing, they managed to have a nice fire and a comfortable place to rest. Marge was even seen sweeping out hut and arranging the living animals in a row. Homer and Bart was not so lucky...