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A Daily Dose of Nature: A New Paradigm for Wellbeing

Last week I was at ‘Towards a Daily Dose of Nature’, part of the Nature & Wellbeing Summit in Bristol. One of the ideas presented on the day was comparing nature to a drug. This inspired me to produce a … Continue reading

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A Brief History of our Connection to Nature

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari provides deep context for understanding our connection to nature. It tells the story of our journey from a deep embeddedness in the reality of nature to a possible future as … Continue reading

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Nature Gives Us Strength

A blog update has been overdue, I’ve been busy writing papers and preparing for Nature Connections 2015, amongst other things – so a few research papers to catch-up on. Firstly, a meta-analysis by McMahan and Estes on the effect of contact … Continue reading

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Nature Connections 2015

Nature Connections 2015, an interdisciplinary conference to examine routes to nature connectedness, is about 10 weeks away and we can now reveal the draft sessions and speakers, see below. Owing to the state of nature and the benefits to human … Continue reading

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Searching for New Year

As it’s New Year’s Day this post is simply the opening of Chapter 1, ‘Searching for New Year’, from A Blackbird’s Year: Mind in Nature. This excerpt starts to explain how my creative writing about nature underpins my research into connection to nature. … Continue reading

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