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Healing Through Nature: Forest Bathing and Horticultural Therapy for Mental Wellness

Discover how forest bathing and horticultural therapy can improve mental health and well-being. Explore the benefits of connecting with nature, from stress relief to improved immunity and mood. Learn about the latest research on the impact of green spaces on physical and emotional health. Find out how urban farming and school gardens are promoting healing and academic success. Dive into the world of environmental health research and the connection between people and nature. Join the movement towards a greener, healthier future!

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Healing Through Nature: Forest Bathing and Horticultural Therapy for Mental Wellness

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  1. Results are in: Mental health hikes, alternative honesty, PTSD and more CNN July 24, 2015 Take a Walk in the Woods. Doctor’s Orders NY Times July 2018 It's spring! Take a walk with your therapist CNN April 5, 2017

  2. Why you should be forest bathing (and we don't mean shampoo) CNN Fri August 11, 2017 ‘Forest Bathing’ Is Great for Your Health. Here’s How to Do It May 1, 2018 time.com What is 'forest bathing' – and can it make your healthier? The Guardian July 2018 Forest Bathing: A Retreat To Nature Can Boost Immunity And Mood July 2017 NPRMorning Edition 'Forest Bathing': How Microdosing on Nature Can Help With Stress The Atlantic July 2017

  3. The blossoming health and academic benefits of school gardens By Carina Storrs, Special to CNN Updated 2:48 PM ET, Mon September 28, 2015

  4. Effects of Horticultural Therapy on Asian Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Gardening becomes healing with horticultural therapy CNN Fri August 3, 2018 Can Gardening Help Troubled Minds Heal? NPR 2012

  5. Why we all need green in our lives • CNN June 5, 2017 Urban farming is growing a green future: Green Gotham. National Geographic 2012 The Science Behind How Nature Affects Your Health Forbes 2017 Living near nature linked to longer lives, says study By Morgan Manella, Special to CNN Updated 5:36 PM ET, Mon April 17, 2017

  6. Environmental Health Research: Playing to the Strengths of ESF Lee Newman, Mary Collins, Brian Leydet, Jamie Mirowski, Roxanne Razavi, Elizabeth Vidon And Others?

  7. Environmental Health at ESF • Developing into a strong major • Nationally accredited since 2017 • Number of enrollments increasing Collaborations with Upstate • Environmental Health Environmental Medicine Initiative • MOU to partner in MD/PhD program • Need for a strong Graduate Program

  8. Need to Distinguish ESF from the Pack • Environmental Health Programs already exist at Albany, Buffalo, Stony Brook, etc. • Need to play to ESF’s strengths • Build on collaborations with Upstate, the VA Hospital • Desire to build a program that brings in even more faculty • Environmental Studies • Landscape Architecture • Environmental Chemistry • Environmental Biology • Environmental Engineering • Forestry

  9. Playing to our Strengths • Ability to utilize forest properties • Strong, existing, cross departmental collaborations • Interdisciplinary nature of undergraduate program One Possible Path • Looking at how people and nature interact, from wilderness to urban settings • Working to develop programs linking people and nature

  10. Besides shade and beauty, can trees and shrubs actually help make people healthier? In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the University of Louisville Envirome Institute are working to answer that question. UofLannounced a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health to help fund the Green Heart project. The university also announced a $2 million grant from The Nature Conservancy to support the endeavor.

  11. Discovery Challenge To have ESF become a leading player in a field that is on the brink of becoming a major research focus area in the US

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