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Jan 11, 2022 | In the News, Diversity and Equity

Seattle Times: REI Advocacy Director on Covid-19, Equity, and Mental Health

REI Co-op’s advocacy director, Marc Berejka shares the pandemic-time opportunities we have to work on accessibility in nature and spend time outside. UW’s Nature and Health initiative and our recent conference are highlighted as contributing to this national and global movement.

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Dec 8, 2021 | In the News, Seminars, Diversity and Equity

2021 Nature and Health Conference Reaches a Global Audience

This past fall, over 300 attendees and speakers convened virtually for Nature & Health’s first ever three-day conference. Designed to span a variety of topics and times from October 12-14, UW’s Nature & Health team welcomed transdisciplinary experts from across the globe to share their findings on the importance of nature in human health and well-being.

Stayed connected

Sep 10, 2021 | Announcements, In the News, Events, Diversity and Equity

Registration open

Registration is now open for our upcoming Nature & Health Virtual Conference! Over the course of three days, we will convene over 150 speakers who are engaged in nature and health across multiple communities and disciplines.

Register

Apr 14, 2021 | Events, Diversity and Equity

Spring talks: Health equity and nature during COVID-19

You are invited to participate in Nature and Health’s Spring Talks on April 28th with Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts and Dr. Gail C. Christopher.
We will discuss structural racism at the intersections of #BlackLivesMatter and COVID-19 to build this ongoing conversation about health equity and nature.

Mar 18, 2021 | In the News, Diversity and Equity

We condemn anti-Asian hate

Nature and Health mourn and condemn the increased incidents of racially-motivated violence towards the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.* During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rise in hate-based violence.

Dec 10, 2020 | Announcements, Diversity and Equity

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.

Jul 17, 2020 | In the News, Diversity and Equity

Nature and Health to host online forum

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.

Jun 2, 2020 | Diversity and Equity

Black Lives Matter

The 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.