Forbes Magazine says that beauty entrepreneur and pioneer Jennifer Walsh is both a ” a visionary and a risk taker — she is a pioneer in the world of beauty and has become one of the industry’s leading experts over the past 18 years.” I am ecstatic. Jennifer Walsh subscribed to my Treesmendus blog and she joined […]
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Stop Inflammation and Disease: Garden With Your Gloves Off
Talk about chronic and low level Inflammatory disease is everywhere. We all seem to have it to some degree. Any Inflammation is a known risk factor for disease. German scientist Reber and American scientist Siebler say we have inflammation because we have lost touch with our “old friends” — trees, soil, and wild animals. They […]
5 Ways To Slay Sun Sensitivity (Even When You Have Lupus)
First I was told I had systemic Lupus (SLE) and then I was told to avoid the sun. A double life sentence. I stayed inside. I got depressed. While inside, madly researching my new diagnosis, I found an on online lupus support group. Each person had a different approach to the sun. Some seemed […]
Are You Under House Arrest? Do You Get Outdoors Less Than Prisoners?
Maximum security prisoners get 2 hours a day outside. Our average time outside is 1.7 hours. And our kids get even less. A 2016 survey done by power brands Persil and OMO (I can not find the original research) says that kids spend less than 2 hours a day outside. These brands then teamed with […]
Break The Inside Habit (We Spend 93% of Our Time Inside)
On average we spend 87% of our time in enclosed buildings and 6% of our time in enclosed vehicles. This equals 93% of our time. How do we know this? Who Did The Study? US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored a study, National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS, of 9386 people all ages across 48 states. Why They Did […]
5 Reasons To Get Fit For The Outdoors
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. […]
Why Blogging And Lupus Don’t Mix (But Trees Make It Work)
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 […]
Your Tree Air Action Plan: How Much Tree Time is Enough?
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? Look at a Tree
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 […]
We Are Happiest Outside Near Trees
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 […]