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A group of people listening to a speaker at a previous Nature and Health Community Dinner
Community Dinner Featuring Dr. Sabine Thomas

Want to spend an evening in community with an interdisciplinary group of students, professionals, and retirees who are passionate about advancing health equity and access to nature? Want to enjoy a shared meal while learning about novel programs, policies, and research designed to get people outdoors and fully realizing the benefits of what nature has to offer? 

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| Announcements, Symposium

9th annual NW Nature and Health Symposium on April 29, 2026. Hosted by UW Center for Nature and Health, REI Cooperative Action Fund, and UW EarthLab
2026 Northwest Nature and Health Symposium

On April 29, 2026, we came together with an extraordinary community of collaborators, advocates, researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and partners during the annual NW Nature and Health Symposium. The experience left our team and the broader nature and health community feeling hopeful, energized, and deeply inspired about what’s possible when people unite around a shared vision for healthier, more equitable communities. 

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A large urban park with apartment buildings in the background
Winter 2026 Community Dinner with Rachel Berney, PhD

Our quarterly Community Dinners welcome anyone with a curiosity about expanding access to green space to support health and well-being, environmental and health equity, people-nature reciprocity, and climate change resilience. Students, professionals, and community members from many different disciplines come together to explore new ideas, discuss policies and programs, and strengthen partnerships in the field of nature and health. 

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Activist and environmental leader Elaine Harvey of the Rock Creek Band talks about the film “These Sacred Hills” during a screening at the University of Washington in Seattle on Nov. 6, 2025.
“These Sacred Hills” Film Screening

The Center co-hosted a screening of “These Sacred Hills” on Thursday, November 6, 2026.
The documentary featured elected member of the Yakama Nation Council Jeremy Takala, Rock Creek Band elder Elaine Howtapat, Rock Creek Band Chief Bronsco Jim Jr., and Rock Creek Band activist and UW alumnus Elaine Harvery. 

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| Announcements, Events, Community Dinner

Fall 2025 Community Dinner

On October 14, 2025, 71 members of the Nature and Health community gathered at Fremont Brewing’s Urban Beer Garden for our fall community dinner. At this dinner, participants learned about programs, policies, and research that are advancing equitable engagement with nature around Puget Sound. 

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| Announcements, Events, Symposium

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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