green spaces – A New Vision for Mental Health

Improving mental health is a walk in the park (but mind the volcanoes)

Author: Editorial 29th May 2023 1 Comment

This article by Jann Bellamy has been published by Science-Based Medicine. It begins: “A new study from researchers at the University of Vermont adds to the body of evidence suggesting that better mental health is right out your front door. [Schwartz, AJ, et…
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British Ecological Society, Christopher Danforth, exercise, green spaces, happiness, Hedonometer, Jann Bellamy, Science-Based Medicine, wellbeing

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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Australia, blue space, Donna Lu, exercise, Green Adelaide, green spaces, nature-based therapy, social prescribing, The Guardian, Thomas Astell-Burt, wellbeing

Forest Therapy: Seasonal Ways to Embrace Nature for a Happier You

Author: Editorial 6th December 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Sarah Ivens. The publishers say: “Who hasn’t felt better after a walk in the woods, a picnic alfresco or a swim in the sea? There is something soul-soothingly simple and refreshing about getting back to…
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books, green spaces, nature, nature-based therapy, Sarah Ivens, wellbeing

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

Rootbound: Rewilding a Life

Author: Editorial 6th September 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Alice Vincent. The publishers say: “When she suddenly finds herself uprooted, heartbroken, grieving and living out of a suitcase in her late twenties, Alice Vincent begins planting seeds. She nurtures pot plants and vines on…
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Alice Vincent, books, green spaces, grief, plants, slow living, wellbeing

Woodland areas ‘are good for young people’s mental health’

Author: Editorial 23rd July 2021 0 Comments

The article from Microsoft News concerns a study published in the journal Nature Sustainability. It begins: “Living near wooded areas is good for the mental health of children and young people, a new study has found. Scientists have discovered kids…
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children and adolescents, green spaces, Microsoft News, Nature Sustainability, Research, Trees, woodlands

‘My doctor prescribed rambling for lockdown anxiety’

Author: Editorial 30th April 2021 0 Comments

Angie Brown reports for BBC Scotland: “An Edinburgh widower who was struggling with mental health issues due to the isolation of lockdown has walked 2,000 miles in a year after his doctor prescribed that he join the Ramblers. Jim Snodgrass, 84,…
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Angie Brown, anxiety, BBC Scotland, exercise, green spaces, social prescribing, The Ramblers, Victor Jack, walking, wellbeing

Nature ‘more important than ever during lockdown’

Author: Editorial 28th April 2021 0 Comments

Reporting for the BBC , Helen Briggs writes: “About one in 10 households across Great Britain has no access to a private or shared garden. This rises to one in five households in London.” “Data has confirmed what many suspected: nature and green spaces…
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BBC, COVID-19, green spaces, Helen Briggs, inequality, Natural England, natural world, nature, Office for National Statistics, wellbeing

What accounts for ‘England’s green and pleasant land’? A panel data analysis of mental health and land cover types in rural England

Author: Editorial 7th October 2020 0 Comments

This research paper has been published in Landscape and Urban Planning. Highlights: Rural land cover associations with mental health estimated from hybrid models.Intra-rural change to more natural space associated with mental health change.Land cover types differentially associated with mental health within individuals.Farmland,…
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green spaces, Land cover, nature, Rural British Household Panel Survey, wellbeing

The importance of the Natural Health Service

Author: Editorial 11th September 2020 0 Comments

This article in The Spectator has been written by Isabel Hardman. It begins: “Most people consider going for a walk or a run as a sort of optional leisure activity, something you get round to once you’ve been to the shops….
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green spaces, Isabel Hardman, natural world, nature, The Spectator, wellbeing