Nature and Mental Health
Articles
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The Age of Solastalgia
GLENN ALBRECHT
“Solastalgia, simply put, is the homesickness you have when you are still at home.”
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This is your Brain on Nature
FLORENCE WILLIAMS
“Strayer’s hypothesis is that being in nature allows the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s command center, to dial down and rest, like an overused muscle.”
Scientific Studies
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Interacting with Nature Improves Cognition and Affect for Individuals with Depression
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David Strayer: Restore your brain with nature | TEDx
In his informative, researched-based talk, David shares his findings that spending time in nature - without digital devices - allows the brain to rest and restore.
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Gordon Hempton on the Silence and the Presence of Everything | On Being Podcast
Listen to Gordon Hempton and Krista Tippett reflect on how silence is an endangered species on the verge of extinction.
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Sounds in the Zabalo River Wilderness Quiet Park, Ecuador
Dive into the forests of Ecuador.
Videos and Documentaries
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India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed
50 minutes
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This is your Brain on Nature by Tierney Thys, Tan Le and Nalini Nadkarni
18 minutes
Books
