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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 →

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 →

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 →

As is typical, an end of year summary post. Being a scientific type it’s stats driven, in contrast to my personal highlight, thinking about nature’s beauty – I’ll cover that, and the most popular posts at the end of the post. First up … Continue reading →

This post is based on a seed of an idea I’d like to develop more fully, but busy doing other things, including a recent conversation about the phrase connection to nature. It is becoming more widely used, which is great, … Continue reading →