Fall 2025 Community Dinner
Join the Nature and Health community on Tuesday, October 14 for our fall community dinner. Learn about programs, policies, and research that are advancing equitable engagement with nature around Puget Sound.
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Fall 2025 Newsletter
Dear Nature and Health Community,
Here in the Pacific Northwest, the sights and sounds of fall are beginning to emerge—from crimson vine maple leaves, to the calls of migrating birds, and the return of sockeye and Chinook salmon.
International Conference on Forest Therapy | Nature and Health Speakers
The second International Conference on Forest Therapy will be held at the University of British Columbia from August 9-11. This conference offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in Vancouver’s stunning natural landscapes while connecting with internationally acclaimed experts.
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Feeling Safe and Welcome in Nature – Juneteenth 2025
On this Juneteenth, let’s reflect on what it means to feel safe and welcome in nature—and commit to ensuring that everyone has the freedom to experience the peace and beauty of the natural world.
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Spring 2025 Nature and Health Community Dinner
Our June 10, 2025 community dinner featured speed talks from three JPB Environmental Health Fellows. Established in 2014, The JPB Environmental Health Fellowship was developed in response to the urgent need for a new interdisciplinary group of young environmental health leaders.
Read moreCritical Conversations on the Benefits, Healing, and Inequitable Distribution of Nature Access at Northwest Nature and Health Symposium
Anouk-Belle Janess · The Daily · May 28, 2025
On some level, humans intuitively understand that a connection with nature is healthy for our physical and mental well-being. Yet, the benefits of nature remain inequitably distributed due to historical and ongoing socioeconomic barriers, such as colonialism, systemic racism, and redlining.
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REI Cooperative Action Fund Invests $200K in the Center’s Research and Community-Building Efforts to Create a More Inclusive, Accessible, and Equitable Outdoors
May 20, 2025
The UW Center for Nature and Health (the Center) is proud to announce a renewed partnership with the REI Cooperative Action Fund (REI Fund), which has awarded us a $200,000 grant to advance our strategic priorities and deepen the Nature and Health movement across the Pacific Northwest.
2025 NW Nature and Health Symposium
On May 21, 2025, more than 100 students, researchers, healthcare professionals, and community advocates joined together for our 8th annual symposium. We came together with a shared purpose—to deepen our understanding of the profound connection between nature and human well-being and to advance bold, inclusive strategies that ensure everyone has access to the healing power of green and blue spaces—especially those who have long carried the undue weight of environmental and social injustice.
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Dear Nature and Health Community,
Here in Seattle, the bigleaf maples are beginning to unfurl their leaves, salmonberry blossoms brighten the trails, and the cheerful calls of yellow warblers once again fill the air—sure signs that spring has truly arrived.
The White House Killed This One of a Kind Report. The Scientists Behind It Aren’t Giving Up
Libby Denkmann and Alec Cowan · KUOW · April 22, 2025
Featuring Phil Levin, member of the Center’s Research Collaborative
“Our world is changing. It’s changing rapidly. Like, we can see climate changing our world as we speak, but also, we’re losing nature at unprecedented rates, and there’s an equity crisis as well.”
That was University of Washington professor Phil Levin two years ago.