Environmental Health Equity with Edmund Seto

On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, Edmund Seto, PhD joined our Community Dinner to share his environmental health equity work.
Edmund is a professor in the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences. 

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Updated Mission and Vision

In 2014, Nature and Health began as a collaboration of researchers, healthcare providers, community organizations, outdoor schools, the outdoor gear industry, and local, state, and federal agencies who wanted to understand how time in nature affected human well-being. 

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Welcoming our new Director, Gregory Bratman, PhD

Gregory Bratman has stepped up to become our new director. He is also the director of the Environment and Well-Being Lab, a Senior JPB Harvard Environmental Health Fellow, and the Doug Walker Endowed Professor. 

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NIH funds Wakaya: Grounded in Choctaw Indigenous Land-based Healing

The National Institute of Health/NIH R01, Wakaya, is led by Choctaw Nation enrolled members, Dr. Michelle Johnson-Jennings (UW Full Professor, Public Health and Social Work, and Director of Environmental Health and Land-based Healing Division, IWRI) and Dr. 

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Ecopsychology Special Issue on Nature and Health—Part 1

Almost two years ago the Ecopsychology journal partnered with the 2021 Nature and Health conference to solicit original manuscripts for a special issue of the journal, edited by Dr. Gregory N. 

Special Issue Part 1

Nature and Health Hosts Two UW Tacoma Summer Interns

Nature and Health, an EarthLab member organization, is hosting two interns for the 2022 summer through the EarthLab Summer Internships program. Housed within EarthLab, the internship program is a robust, cohort-based experience for University of Washington undergraduate students to develop interdisciplinary and community-engagement skills. 

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UW Tri-campus Forest Bathing Map

The tri-campus Forest Bathing map represents the collective action of the UW Sustainability Action Plan Engagement Committee (Lauren Updyke, Lauren Brohawn, Toren Elste, Ellen Moore, Cheryl Wheeler, and Daimon Eklund). Daimon created the forest bathing map using Arc GIS StoryMap with site recommendations and photos provided by Alexa (UW Bothell), Cheryl (UW Seattle), and Ellen Moore (UW Tacoma). 

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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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