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It runs wellbeing activities for people with learning disabilities, mental health needs or dementia; [2] [3] [4] it works with schools to plant trees and engage children in the natural world; [5] it supports community groups and young people to improve their local environment; and it works with land owners to care for woodlands and plant new ...
Nature therapy, sometimes referred to as ecotherapy, forest therapy, forest bathing, grounding, earthing, Shinrin-Yoku or Sami Lok, is a practice that describes a broad group of techniques or treatments using nature to improve mental or physical health. Spending time in nature has various physiological benefits such as relaxation and stress ...
living on a street with 10 more trees than average (both on the street and in backyards) makes you feel as healthy as if you were seven years younger.
These interventions can also be beneficial to health as a co-benefit by providing outdoor spaces for recreation and for improving mental health. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Nature-based solutions also provide other benefits such as improving urban air quality, reducing particulate matter , and increasing of biodiversity and ambient environmental quality.
The benefits that urban open space provides to citizens can be categorized into four basic forms: recreation, ecology, aesthetic value, and positive health impacts. Psychological research shows that benefits gained by visitors to urban green spaces increased with their biodiversity , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] indicating that "green" alone is not ...
Living in a neighborhood with a high concentration of trees could significantly lower levels of inflammation and, importantly, decrease the risk of heart disease, new research from Green Heart ...
Nov. 6—This weekend, the Permian Basin Adult Protective Services (APS) Advisory Board will be hosting the first annual Festival of Trees. This event will help raise funds to provide much-needed ...
Garden-based learning (GBL) encompasses programs, activities and projects in which the garden is the foundation for integrated learning, in and across disciplines, through active, engaging, real-world experiences that have personal meaning for children, youth, adults and communities in an informal outside learning setting.