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“Green exercise” or any physical activity outdoors (from stroll in the park or a bike through the forest) lifts mood and self esteem. Professor Richard Mitchell’s University of Glasgow in Scotland. team studied two thousand physically active people (walking, cycling and jogging) in natural and non-natural settings. The team found that only outdoor activities in grass and […]
Canada’s medical biochemist, botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger and Japan’s Dr. Quing Li, at Tokyo Nippon Medical School are the world’s leading forest medicine experts. Beresford, the first to write about tree aerosols, says tree “compounds are released like rockets into the air.” Tree air is loaded with antibiotics, antinflammatories, antiseptics, antivirals, and analgesics writes Forest Medicine […]
Winter. It is coming. We can feel it in our bones. We will feel it in our fingers and toes. So let’s make it easier on ourselves. Let’s make it easier to get outside and stay longer outside in the cold. Our outside healthy, happy bodies will thank us. The Emotional Component of Being Cold […]
I am pleased to be nominated for the 2018 Liebster Award, recognizing new blogs. As described by The Global Aussie, the Liebster award is an internet based award established in 2011. It’s mission is to inspire the blogging community to discover new blogs and nominate fellow bloggers who deserve to be recognized. I found out […]
Connections between trees and health are growing. We are waking up to health benefits of trees. Investigative reporter Florence Williams’s famous headline now makes sense: “Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me in the Morning” In her book “The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier and More Creative”, Williams describes and […]