blue space – A New Vision for Mental Health

Prescribing nature: the restorative power of a simple dose of outdoors

Author: Editorial 17th February 2023 0 Comments

This article by Donna Lu has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “In my mid-20s, I undertook the quintessentially Australian rite of passage of moving to London for a few years. Months into my first English winter, I started having…
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The student studying the healing power of surfing

Author: Editorial 2nd December 2021 0 Comments

Morag Kinniburgh reports for BBC News Scotland: “Jamie Marshall says his PhD from Edinburgh’s Napier University is the first in the world focused on ‘surf therapy’. He has spent the past four years studying what he says are the healing powers…
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New handbook to help prescribe nature for mental health and wellbeing

Author: Editorial 19th November 2021 0 Comments

The European Centre for Environment and Human Health has produced this handbook . They say: “Understanding how the power of nature can help people improve their mental health and overcome conditions such as depression, anxiety and stress has been boosted thanks…
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blue space, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, green spaces, nature, nature-based therapy, Ruth Garside, social prescribing, wellbeing, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

A BLUE SPACE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION ON YOUNG PEOPLE

Author: Editorial 4th September 2020 0 Comments

Ellie Gennings (PhD Student & PTHP Lecturer at the University of Winchester, Department of Sport, Exercise & Health) writes : “It is understood that physical activity and the natural environment is beneficial for mental health and well-being. I am researching the…
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Coronavirus: Will lockdown easing see more of us using rivers?

Author: Editorial 3rd August 2020 0 Comments

Claire Marshall, reporting for the BBC: “Figures suggest that more people than ever are heading to Britain’s rivers with the easing of lockdown – renewing calls for better public rights of access. It comes as MPs are to consider proposals…
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