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[[caption-width-right:190:Even Illuminati drones can love nature!]]

* In TheChangeover, it's implied that all witches have a closer relationship with nature. As a child, it was one of the things that set Sorry apart from his foster parents, and later on was an excuse for the abuse he suffered.

* Both Ivy Carson and Martha Abbott rescue animals throughout Zilpha Keatley Snyder's ''The Changeling''. When they think there's a LochNessMonster in the swamp, they take to hiding in the reeds with a camera. Ivy ''is'' this trope; she is almost a FriendToAllLivingThings, [[CountryMouse at peace only in forests and rural settings]]; one of Snyder's most jarring [[EsotericHappyEnding Esoteric Happy Endings]] comes when we learn that Ivy has gone to study ballet in ''New York City''.

-->-- '''JohnKeats'''

* [[http://members.efn.org/~opal/ Opal Whiteley]] was a born naturalist. Her ''Diary'', begun around age five, describes her observations of the fields and woods around her home in Oregon. At fourteen, she was giving lectures about the Wonders of Nature in churches and schools. Opal also planned a film career and had publicity shots taken in "child of nature" poses, of which [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Opal_Whiteley.jpg this is probably the most famous]]. [[http://www.cottagegrove.net/history/whiteley/whiteley2.jpg Here's the memorial wall painting in her home town]], [[http://www.cottagegrove.net/history/whiteley/ Cottage Grove, Oregon]].

* Both Ivy Carson and Martha Abbott rescue animals throughout Zilpha Keatley Snyder's ''The Changeling''. When they think there's a LochNessMonster in the swamp, they take to hiding in the reeds with a camera. Ivy ''is'' this trope; she is almost a FriendToAllLivingThings, at peace only in forests and rural settings; one of Snyder's most jarring [[EsotericHappyEnding Esoteric Happy Endings]] comes when we learn that Ivy has gone to study ballet in ''New York City''.

* Both Ivy Carson and Martha Abbott rescue animals throughout Zilpha Keatley Snyder's ''The Changeling''. When they think there's a LochNessMonster in the swamp, they take to hiding in the reeds with a camera. Ivy ''is'' this trope; she is almost a FriendToAllLivingThings, at peace only in forests and rural settings; one of Snyder's most jarring [[EsotericHappyEnding Esoteric HappyEndings]] comes when we learn that Ivy has gone to study ballet in ''New York City''.

* Both Ivy Carson and Martha Abbott rescue animals throughout Zilpha Keatley Snyder's ''The Changeling''. When they think there's a LochNessMonster in the swamp, they take to hiding in the reeds with a camera. Ivy is almost a FriendToAllLivingThings, who is only really comfortable in forests and rural settings; one of Snyder's most jarring EsotericHappyEndings comes when we learn that Ivy has gone to study ballet in ''New York City''.

* Both Ivy Carson and Martha Abbott rescue animals throughout Zilpha Keatley Snyder's ''The Changeling''. When they think there's a LochNessMonster in the swamp, they take to hiding in the reeds with a camera.

* ''Heidi'': The title character actually becomes literally homesick while living in the city.

* In DevonMonk's AllieBeckstrom novel ''Magic Without Mercy'', Allie quips about the "great outdoors" when they have to hike somewhere.

* ''TwilightPrincess'': According to official supplemental material, [[DoesNotLikeShoes Ilia]] spends much of her time at the spring, just outside the village, where she bathes Epona. She also pitches in at the ranch, on occasion.

->-- '''JohnKeats'''

* In Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theater/AsYouLikeIt'', the exiled duke professes this in the [[GhibliHills Forest of Arden]]. To be sure, everyone except one goes back to the StandardRoyalCourt the first chance they get.

* [[PrincessMononoke Princess Mononoke's]] San was literally [[RaisedByWolves raised by wolves]] after [[spoiler: her parents threw her at [[BigBadassWolf Morro's]] feet, to save themselves, when they were caught trespassing in Morro's forest.]] She's even the poster child for the NatureHero trope.

* Julie Baker in {{Flipped}} is very attached to the sycamore tree at her bus stop. Ever since Juli retrieved a kite at the uppermost branches, she has loved the view. She tries to stop the workers from cutting it down and once they do she isn't the same for weeks but Juli's spirits are lightened when her father paints her a picture of her sycamore tree.

* Freckles in GeneStrattonPorter's ''{{Literature/Freckles}}''
* LMMontgomery's AnneOfGreenGables is familiar with every inch of the woods about Green Gables. At the end of ''House of Dreams'', Gilbert, describing a new home to her, carefully cites all the trees about it.
* Dan in Louisa May Alcott's ''[[LittleWomen Little Men]]'' shows a love of wilderness despite his rough manner.
* Cassie in ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'' was always the animal person and nature saver.
* In LMMontgomery's ''TheBlueCastle'', Valancy loves rambles in the woods.
* In PoulAnderson's "The Pirate", Trevelyn finds the alien ruins a bit odd, because they had no gardens or parks, even though they obviously loved and had a care for landscapes, and used floral motifs extensively. He reminds himself that they were, after all, aliens.

* In JaneAusten's ''Literature/LoveAndFreindship'', how Laura came to meet Augusta and the others with her.

* In JohnVarley's ''Steel Beach'', humanity has been kicked off of Earth, and nature is only available in small, artificial "disneylands". David Earth, the leader of the Earthists, loves nature so much that he has bio-engineered grasses growing on his head; has giant breast implants to represent Mother Earth, with more plants growing on them; has animal skin cells that grow fur implanted on his arms and legs; and has several varieties of insect, and even a few rodents living (and going to the bathroom) on him at all times. He brings nature (or as close as one can get) with him wherever he goes.

* Subverted in a sketch on ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' about mosquito hunters.

* Oliver Wendell Douglas from ''GreenAcres''. Before moving to the country, he tried growing crops in his New York apartment.

** WilliamWordsworth
** SamuelTaylorColeridge
** JohnKeats

** LordByron

* In WilliamShakespeare's ''Theater/AsYouLikeIt'', the exiled duke professes this in the [[GhibliHills Forest of Arden]]. To be sure, everyone except one goes back to the StandardRoyalCourt the first chance they get.

* ''SuikodenII'' has [[CountryMouse Kinnison]] and [[BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins Ayda]], a pair of archers who [[NatureHero defend their native woodlands.]] The former inhabits the forest surrounding Ryukei Village, while the latter hails from the Forest Village. Needless to say, they have [[FriendToAllLivingThings strong ties to nature.]]
* In ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'', two factions turn their affinity for nature into a powerful strategy, since the ecosystem is sentient and the most common lifeform is a swarm of psychic mind eating worms.

* Interest in nature appears to be a good sign in ''{{Sinfest}}'':

* In ''OurLittleAdventure'' [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0271.html the dryad comments on the lack of this -- so why are they in the forest?]]

* Norway in ''ScandinaviaAndTheWorld''.

* Fluttershy from ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', to the point of being a FriendToAllLivingThings. Her special talent is the ability to commune with animals and she spends most of her time outdoors - even her [[CoolHouse house]] is a beautiful cottage covered with flowers in the middle of nowhere.

* ''SuikodenII'' has [[NiceGuy Kinnison]] and [[BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins Ayda]], a pair of archers who [[NatureHero defend their native woodlands.]] The former inhabits the forest surrounding Ryukei Village, while the latter hails from the Forest Village. Needless to say, they have [[FriendToAllLivingThings strong ties to nature.]]

* WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants in the episode "Nature Pants", where he decides to leave his "cold, industrial life" and live among the jellyfish. [[BadCampingEpisode After one disastrous night in the wild]], he goes back to civilization [[NegativeContinuity and the subject was never mentioned again]].

* Oliver Wendell Douglas from ''GreenAcres''. Before moving to the country, he tried growing crops in his New York appartment.

* A Signature Trope of the [[Romanticism Romantic Movement]] was writing poetry in this vein

{{Arcadia}} may suffice for natural settings, though sometimes it is not wild enough, and the GhibliHills are required for the character's taste. When it does suffice, the character often has a GreenThumb.