Ernesto Rodriguez, Executive Director Nature In  The Classroom (tree mural ceilings) and in hospitals Sereneview (nature  mural hospital curtains).

Shownote  Timeline

3:45 Ernesto grew up in Cuba, grandfather a renown muralist

6:30  Visited  his friend in hospital (got the creeps). Then went to assignment in the Redwood Forest. As  he  was waiting for the light to come through the trees (about  an hour) was thinking of his friend  in the hospital.  Ernesto felt so good  there and  wondered why hospitals can’t feel  like this? Research  on scientist Roger Ulrich in the 80s.

10:11 Brain reacts so quickly to nature. 

11:36 Story  of Asia: emotional soothing with nature  curtain.

14:27 Professor Richard Taylor’s definition of fractals

17:17 Hôspital curtains for veterans, National Parks

18:26 10 days in National Parks

22:11 Attention Restoration Theory (ART): nature helps to calm, focus, and learn. Nature gives brain a break. 

24:00 Pilot Project to put tree mural ceilings in school.

25:18 One of the drawbacks of introducing something new: only 2% off the population is going  to get it. It takes 18% before it goes mainstream. 

31:07 Images of nature has to be life-like. Canopy has blue sky, see branches, see leaves, camera on a  tripod combined with software. 12 by 12 foot  squares  or 16 foot squares. 

37:07 Tip: go outside -there is no substitute for that.

38:11 Tip: We don’t recognize your own anxiety until we see nature or get outside

40:03 Follow Ernesto’s work Nature in the Classroom on Facebook and Instagram
and Sereneview.com

Ernesto Rodriguez, has MS California State University, San Diego Counselor / School Psychologist, PPS Counseling and psychological services for students and families, Columbia and US  Founder / Executive Director Nature In The Classroom is a 501(c)(3) organization that applies nature art and science to create classroom environments that support teachers and students academically and emotionally. Tree ceilings are currently installed in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Corona school districts in California and in the Poudre and Loveland school districts in Colorado.Park Ranger and Naturalist  Catalina Island Conservancy in CaliforniaFounder / CEO Sereneview®www.sereneview.com2002 – Present Avalon, CATo be an advocate for the role and benefits of nature views on healing and the healthcare environment. Sereneview® products are installed in over 3,000 hospitals nationwide, Europe and Australia

Freelance Photographer
Freelance photographer creating imagery for advertising, corporate, and fine art projects used by the Fortune 100. Photographic artwork is on exhibit in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, The American Embassy in Kuwait, and in the Curator’s Collection at MoMA, New York.

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Verla’s new book Optimize Your Heart Rate: BalanceYour Mind and Body With Green Space. 

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