Nature May Be Key to Strengthening Our Attention
Gregory Bratman, co-director of Nature and Health is featured in this three-part series from Psychiatric News.
Nature May Be Key to Strengthening Our Attention
Katie O’Connor · Psychiatric News · Volume 58, Number 12
There are various theories on why nature exposure improves cognitive function.
Making Green Space Available to All
Trust for Public Land · Seattle Times · October 18, 2023
Featuring Howard Frumkin, Nature and Health researcher and Steering Committee member
Nature invites you to discover the many benefits it offers.
Expanding Access and Welcoming Spaces in the Natural World for Underrepresented Communities
During our October 2023 dinner, Carter A. McBride, MBA, PDC shared his wisdom on expanding access and welcoming spaces in the natural world for underrepresented communities. Carter is an avid outdoors person and has been so fortunate to have had an opportunity to reconnect with his soul in natural spaces and places at the wonderful age of 66 years.
Read more
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.
Read more
Interlinkages Between Mental health, Nature and Our Changing Climate
This panel session described the ways in which mental health and the natural world are related. It began with brief framing remarks from the moderator, noting how time spent in nature is a protective factor for mental health, before segueing into two sets of panel discussions that touch on how climate change is affecting our mental health.
Read more
Connect to Nature at UW
This page providing resources for connecting with nature around the UW was created as a collaboration with UW Sustainability, UW Nature & Health, and the UW Sustainability Action Plan’s Engagement working group.
Read more
How Environmental Generational Amnesia Affects Our Mental Health
Robin Tricoles · BrainFacts · July 24, 2023
Interview with Peter Kahn, Nature and Health researcher and Steering Committee member
Most people are familiar with amnesia, the inability to recall events that happen before or after a significant incident, such as a head injury.
Can Virtual Reality Mimic Nature’s Power to Make Us Healthier?
Meghan Bartels · Scientific American · July 14, 2023
Featuring Gregory Bratman, Nature and Health researcher and Steering Committee member
For decades, scientists have been exploring how exposing humans to nature—by planting trees along urban streets, visiting forests or even just growing houseplants—may improve physical and psychological health.
The Salt Lake Tribune: Equitable Access to the Outdoors will Improve Health and Conservation in Utah and Other States
Nalini Nadkarni, a Nature and Health researcher and Nature and Health Alliance member, is featured in The Salt Lake Tribune. In this piece, Nalini highlights how emerging cross-disciplinary collaborations are unlocking new findings in the field of nature and health.
Read moreFrom Labs to the Streets, Experts Work to Defuse Childhood Threats to Mental Health
The Picower Institute · May 18, 2023
Featuring Gregory Bratman, Nature and Health researcher and Steering Committee member
Threats to lifelong mental health can arise for young children from sources including poverty, abuse or neglect at home and racism, inequity and pollution outside their doors, but the hopeful message that a range of experts brought to MIT May 11 was that amid these many risks, approaches to provide effective protections and remedies are numerous and growing.