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Clinically Significant Improvements in Mental Health through Connecting with Urban Nature
In an increasingly urbanised world where mental health disorders have affected 30% of the global population, simple nature based solutions are often overlooked. Our recent paper in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health shows how increasing connection … Continue reading
An Experiment with a Bird
Over the past few years the Nature Connectedness Research Group at the University of Derby has been focussed on delivering several research projects. Over the summer we found a moment to pause, update our pathways guidance (see below) and plan a team … Continue reading
The Teenage Dip in Nature Connection and Youth Climate Strikes
Earlier this year our new population measure of nature connectedness revealed a sharp dip in nature connection from 10 years of age, reaching a low between 13 and 18, with a slow recovery to the adult population mean at around … Continue reading
National Parks Landscapes Review: A Meaningful Relationship with Nature
The final report of the National Parks and AONBs Landscapes Review has been published and several elements within it are highly relevant to nature connectedness research and application. For example, the report states that currently ‘The purpose to connect people … Continue reading
A Close Relationship with Nature: A Basic Human Right for a Sustainable Future?
The human relationship with the rest of nature matters for our well-being, yet the climate and environment emergencies show that the human relationship with the rest of nature is broken. To fix it we need a new more connected relationship … Continue reading