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See also [[Harmony Versus Discipline]], this trope being Harmony.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Definitely the Wolfriders and Sun Folk in ''[[Elf Quest]]'', but brutally subverted by the Gliders, who've cut themselves off from nature. As for the Go-Backs, they're too busy fighting the trolls to care one way or another.
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Partly by virtue of the quasi-medieval setting, many of the societies and individuals included are depicted In Harmony with Nature in one way or another:
** The hobbits, especially Sam, in that farmerly-wisdom, son-of-the-soil sort of way.
** The elves in the spiritual "The trees are talking to me" way.
*** After Tolkien's depiction of elves as this in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', pretty much [[Our Elves Are Better|all elves]] [[Follow the Leader|in any fantasy work]] [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|ever]] are like this.
** Aragorn in the "I can tell you the entire life story of who walked through that hedge and bent that twig" way.
* The elves in ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' are even more In Harmony with Nature 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.
** As a vegetarian I think it's cool that there are vegan characters...I just take offence to the fact that the elves are [[Mary Sue|ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS RIGHT]]. Seriously. The main character converts to vegetarianism solely ''because the elves tell him to'', while having no problem with slaughtering hundreds of people in battle.
* In ''[[How I Live Now]]'', nine-year-old Piper is like this.
* [[Badass|Neville]] [[Took a Level
* This trope is parodied with various characters in [[Cold Comfort Farm]], notably Elfine.
{{quote|"She learns from the skies and the wild marsh-tiggets, not out o' books."
"How trying," observed Flora. }}
* In ''Adiamante'', a science fiction novel by L. E. Modesitt, Jr., the future people of Earth are In Harmony with Nature because they '''have''' to be. The environmental damage of the past has so damaged the planet that even the most "minor" disruptions would have big consequences.
* In the [[Star Trek Novel Verse]], 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 [[Star Trek: Mere Anarchy]], 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 In Harmony with Nature, 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.
* Parodied in ''[[Discworld]]''; the wizards expected Mustrum Ridcully to be a "roams the forests with [[Friend to All Living Things|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 [[Great White Hunter]] 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.
** Magrat seems to ''expect'' witches to embody this trope, even though she's seen enough of them to know they're more farm-oriented than wilderness-oriented. Witches ''were'' generally depicted as more In Harmony with Nature than bookish wizards, at least until ''[[
* Dickon in ''[[The Secret Garden]]'' astounds even his family with how happy he is on the moors and how well he gets along with animals. He teaches Mary, Colin, and even Ben Weatherstaff to do the same, though his knack is always the best.
* 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'' [[Friend to All Living Things|charm everyone around her]]. She also suffers in city environments.
* In ''[[The Blue Castle]],'' Barney lives this way, and when Valancy comes along to live with him she takes to it like a fish to water.
* In fact, the vast majority of [[L. M. Montgomery]] heroines possess this trope. [[Anne of Green Gables|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, is a great gardener, and even before then, had an affinity for the moon. Marigold (from ''Magic for Marigold'') loves nothing better than to roam the hills and shore of Prince Edward Island.
== [[Live
* ''Grizzly Adams'' was like this.
* Cody Lundin of ''[[Dual Survival]]'' is another example, trying to live as close to nature as possible and having worn neither long pants, shoes, nor underwear in the last 20 years. However, he's no idiot (the man ''knows'' how to survive in potentially deadly situations) and is willing to compromise in some situations (he'll wear protective footwear in terrait that warrants it, like snowfields and sharp rocks).
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Druids in ''[[Dungeons
** Druids in general when they are portrayed in fiction. There's little evidence that the real world druids were actually living in any more harmony than the rest of the human race.
** In the same game, rangers are also generally portrayed like this, but have more leeway. Barbarians and spirit shamans are also liable to be associated with this.
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