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The Green Care Code – Good for nature, good for you
As part of Great Big Green Week the University of Derby is launching a Green Care Code with Go Jauntly and the Mental Health Foundation. Simply, Stop – Look – Listen and Enjoy Nature! If you’d like to find out … Continue reading
An Audio Meditation to Improve Nature Connectedness and Mental Health
Sometimes, we can’t get out into nature and our research shows that people typically spend less than five minutes each day in green space. Developing indirect ways to build nature connectedness helps those with restricted access and can build connection … Continue reading
The Butterfly Affect: Can noticing nature really boost wellbeing and help address climate chaos?
In chaos theory The Butterfly Effect is a term for a situation where small changes may have large effects, such as the path of a tornado being influenced by the distant flapping of butterfly wings weeks before. It arose when … Continue reading
Urban greenspace use: Insights from mobile phone GPS data
A major challenge to understanding how to harness urban greenspace as a tool for improving health and well-being is the lack of data available on how people actually use greenspace. Four years ago I wrote about the launch of a … Continue reading
The Dasgupta Review and Nature Connectedness
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta led the review on the economics of biodiversity that was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in March 2019. The review set out to assess the economic benefits of biodiversity and the costs and risks … Continue reading