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Fitness classes offer more than just fitness. I knew going to fitness classes here in Pine Falls would be a winner. And no surprise. My next door neighbour and I walk along the tree lined street to my old high school gym at 0620 am three times a week. A built in friend interaction. […]
Since my Lupus diagnosis two years ago, many things keep me awake at night. Lately it is the alarming realization that after all this work: blogging and lupus don’t mix. I sit for too long. Muscles seize. Eyes blur at one last blog post edit. I lie awake at night knowing that motion (outside) is […]
Tree air is around trees and travels great distances across the globe. Boreal forest air moves all around the globe. Tree air is full of molecules that trees secrete to protect themselves from predators like insects. We benefit from these molecules of natural anti-inflammatories, antivirals, antibiotics, antiseptics and analgesics. Researchers are increasingly treating exposure to […]
Can’t get outside? Ulrich’s 1984 research study showed that just looking at trees has health benefits. The study outcomes are described in the video above. Even Looking At A Picture of A Tree Works Lots of laboratory and field studies have shown that contact with real or simulated treed green settings, as opposed to built […]
Award winning investigative journalist Florence Williams introduces her book “The Nature Fix” with Mackerron’s Mappiness Project. Professor and economist George MacKerron at the University of Sussex, UK asked the research question: Where are we happiest? Does place matter? How They Did It In the this Mappiness Project, MacKerron et al developed a unique data collection […]
Dr Li, a medical physician and immunologist did the first peer reviewed study showing that time spent in a forested area in Japan increases immune system regulating NK cells and cancer fighting protein cells. Dr Li researches the health effects of tree aerosols. Li is the Japanese researcher in the Forestry Medicine, Nippon University in […]
Dr. Dan Crouse, University of New Brunswick, says “really, just having trees around where people are living is important.” In the medical journal the Lancet, Dan Crouse and colleagues showed that: Living within two blocks of trees and green space makes you live longer. Results Crouse et al found an increased risk of people dying in areas of […]
The Max Planck Institute in Germany just published a study that shows being near forests increases brain plasticity. Older adults in Berlin who live near trees have healthier brains. In particular, the amygdala, the stress reduction portion of the brain, is bigger, healthier and more active in those living close to forests. Research on the brain […]
All you have to do is step outside and breathe. Or better still, find a frozen river to skate away on. No matter where you are – as long as you are outside – you are getting the benefits of tree aerosols. The healthy microbials are in the winds. See trees with new eyes. See […]
“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 […]