Danette Glassy and Pooja Tandon · HealthyChildren · September, 17 2020
Co-authored by Dr. Pooja S. Tandon, Nature and Health researcher
Getting outside as a family is a great way to spend time together.
Nature and Health’s Steering Committee Members Peter Kahn and Usha Varanasi recently contributed to the new issue of Ecopsychology! Peter Kahn was Editor-in-Chief for the special issue Reciprocal Healing: Nature, Health, and Wild Vitality and Usha Varanasi was published in Focusing Attention on Reciprocity Between Nature and Humans Can Be the Key to Reinvigorating Planetary Health.
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Aastha Uprety · State of the Planet · August 25, 2020
Featuring Spencer Wood, Nature and Health researcher
Recent ecological research used Instagram posts to analyze the preferences of visitors to natural areas around the world.
Together with the University of Washington Nature and Health team, Let It Shine Retreat is excited to invite health and wellness practitioners and researchers to an online forum on August 5th to workshop the Let it Shine wellness retreat concept.
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In 2019, GirlTrek, Washington Trails Association, and the USDA Forest Service’s PNW Research Station came together to learn about mutual interests in trails, health, and inclusive outdoor spaces, with an interest in getting more people outside enjoying the benefits of time in nature.
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Institutional racism remains present in Black and Indigenous communities—especially with COVID-19 and the recent murders of our Black relatives. During this June 2020 talk, Nat, Jessica, and Jules came together to discuss how our intersectional identities weave experiences in relationships with nature.
Read moreThe attack on Christian Cooper while birding in Central Park so painfully reminds us how inequitable our access to nature is. The recent killings by vigilantes of Ahmaud Arbery (1994-2020). The killings by police of Breonna Taylor (1993-2020), George Floyd (1976-2020), and Tony McDade (1982-2020) a Black transgender man, remind us yet again that this inequity is driven by deep-seated systemic racism.
Read moreReciprocity · Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy · May 20, 2020
Featuring Kathy Wolf, Nature and Health researcher
Episode Summary
Explore the role that trees play in human health and urban climate resilience, particularly amid a pandemic.
While there is a growing body of evidence in support of the importance of nature for human health and well-being, the effects of interacting with relatively wild forms of nature – compared to more “urban” forms – are not as well understood.
Read moreGreen exercise, or exercise performed in a natural environment, has additional health benefits than exercise alone. However, older adults may experience barriers to getting outside including distance from natural spaces. Therefore, urban parks and forests provide older adults with an opportunity to engage in accessible green exercise.
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