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Two-hour ‘dose’ of nature significantly boosts health – study
Damian Carrington, reporting for The Guardian , writes that: “A two-hour ‘dose’ of nature a week significantly boosts health and wellbeing, research suggests, even if you simply sit and enjoy the peace. The physical and mental health benefits of time spent in parks, woods or the beach…
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The UK should stop obsessing over GDP. Wellbeing is more telling
Writing in The Guardian , Dan Button says: “This morning, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released the latest set of GDP figures. It is a familiar exercise common to most countries: a day when the broad state of an economy is judged according…
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New Zealand Government’s Wellbeing Budget
The people of New Zealand have now seen the first ever government budget to make national wellbeing the top priority: the 2019 Wellbeing Budget . Mental health has received the biggest funding and investment boost on record: NZ$1.9bn (£980m). This includes NZ$0.6bn for…
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The Growth Delusion: The Wealth and Well-Being of Nations
The creation of a wellbeing society is vital if we are to foster long-term improvements in general emotional and psychological health. Yet in any new vision of mental health, many of the largest negative impacts on wellbeing stem from a…
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Eden on Prescription
The Eden Project in Cornwall (UK) is nestled in a huge crater, where massive Biomes house the largest rainforest in captivity. Those running the project say that they: “… are making use of our beautiful site and the skills in our team…
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Politics of Wellbeing
The concept of wellbeing is of prime importance when it comes to discussions about emotional and psychological health. And from the Politics of Wellbeing group at Sheffield University comes … “The Politics of Wellbeing seminar series … an ESRC [Economic and Social Research Council] funded…
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Understanding sleep: don’t hit snooze on your health
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), in collaboration with others, has created a free e-learning course about sleep. The RSPH say that: “The programme adopts a preventative approach and will provide useful information, relevant to all members of the general public,…
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Beyond Happiness
How economic inequality harms societies
In this 15 minute video, Prof. Richard Wilkinson gives a TED-talk based on his book (co-authored with Prof. Kate Pickett), The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone Following on from the above, came The Inner Level (“How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Wellbeing”). This book…
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