Scientific Reports: Associations Between Green/Blue Spaces and Mental Health Across 18 countries
Authors: Mathew P. White, Lewis R. Elliott, James Grellier, Theo Economou, Simon Bell, Gregory N. Bratman, Marta Cirach, Mireia Gascon, Maria L. Lima, Mare Lõhmus, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Ann Ojala, Anne Roiko, P.
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Memory and Brain Wellness Center: A Memory Garden is Growing
Inspired by the continuing interest in nature and garden experiences in our community, the Memory and Brain Wellness Center is creating a memory garden for people living with dementia. This garden will be located at the Memory Hub, located beside the Frye Art Museum.
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Nature and Health Equity and Racial Justice Task Force
Naheed Gina Aaftaab, Sara Breslow, Sean M. Watts, and Isabel Carrera Zamanillo join the Nature and Health Equity and Racial Justice Task Force to build and strengthen our scholarly transdisciplinary relationships.
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Special Issue of Ecopsychology
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.
Ecopsychology
Publication in Press
Focusing Attention on Reciprocity between Nature and Humans
Can be the Key to Reinvigorating Planetary Health
Usha Varanasi, Ph.D., College of the Environment, University of Washington
In Press, Ecopsychology Journal, https://home.liebertpub.com/publications/ecopsychology/300/overview
Mary Ann Liebert Inc., Publishers
This timely essay raises the importance of shifting individual and societal attention to preventive and precautionary measures to maintain human and ecological health.
Webinar: Health and Nature During Covid-19
Webinar March 24, 2020: Health and Nature During Covid-19, 12:00-1:00 p.m. PST
Over the past few years, our coalition of scientists and practitioners has been exploring the nexus of nature and health.
Nature and Health Conference: Generating understanding across communities and disciplines
Nature & Health 2020 will explore the current understanding of the connections between nature and human health and well-being as well as highlight how that understanding can be used to inform programs, practices, policies, and the design of healthcare, educational, and community settings that benefit all people and nature.
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3rd Annual Northwest Nature and Health Symposium
This third annual all-day symposium will explore our common goals and collective strategies related to the human health benefits of contact with nature. We recognize that we must amplify access and equity in all that we do.
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Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective
Bratman, G.; Anderson, C.; Berman, M. G.; Cochran, B.; de Vries, S.; Flanders, J.; Folke, C.; Frumkin, F.; Gross, J.; Hartig, T.; Kahn Jr., P. H.; Kuo, M.; Lawler, J.; Levin, P.
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