Embracing the power of wild places to improve wellbeing.
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Awakening to Wild Places
Published: 23 Nov 2022
Dr Hilary Garraway, consultant clinical psychologist, explores how nature offers an alternative setting from the traditional therapy room and walking therapy can encourage a more active and creative process in talking through difficulties.
Visiting woodlands could help save £185m
Published: 15 Feb 2022
A new report funded by Forestry Commission, Scottish Forestry and the Welsh Government finds that visits to the UK’s woodlands not only boosts mental health but is estimated to to save £185 million in treatment costs every year.
RSPB reports on outcome of Nature Prescriptions urban pilot
Published: 7 Feb 2022
RSPB report concludes that Nature Prescriptions is an effective, low-cost health intervention with no negative side-effects, and able to support a range of physical and mental health conditions and is entirely complimentary to traditional treatments.
Wild and Well: Let Nature Be Thy Medicine
Published: 19 Oct 2021
Jake Robinson, from the University of Sheffield asks: Do you get a regular dose of nature?
Living near woodlands is good for young people
Published: 20 Sep 2021
New UK Research and Innovation report confirms that living near woodlands is good for young people’s mental health.
Mental Health and our changing climate
Published: 2 Aug 2021
A report by the American Psychological Association, Climate for Health, and EcoAmerica that looks at the physical and mental health impacts of climate change and examines what individuals and mental health professionals can do to address them.
Blue Health: sea-kayaking the Outer Hebrides
Published: 8 Jul 2021
This research explores how experiencing the wild seascapes of the Outer Hebrides by sea-kayak provides and engages different forms of vitality and wellbeing than non-wild places.
Urban green spaces and health
Published: 30 Jun 2021
This report (by the World Health Organisation in 2016) includes a summary of evidence of the beneficial effects of urban green spaces
The relationship between biodiversity and human health
Published: 30 Jun 2021
This RSPB research investigates whether more biodiversity gives us a greater wellbeing benefit; and which components of biodiversity have the greatest wellbeing benefit.
The impact of nature on children’s wellbeing
Published: 30 Jun 2021
This research investigates how children felt they benefited from participating in outdoor activities, such as identifying plants and trees and considering the needs of different wildlife habitats.
Exercise in nature
Published: 30 Jun 2021
Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing
Participating in nature conservation
Published: 30 Jun 2021
This document is a summary of research, drawn together on behalf of the Wildlife Trusts, which show that participating in nature conservation had a positive impact on participants with low levels of mental wellbeing.