Discovering silence, solitude and night darkness in a world full of everything else
“Listen more often. To things than to beings. The fire’s voice is heard, hear the voice of water. Hear in the wind the bush sob: It is...
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Jan 5, 20204 min read
Why I Fell in Love With Wilderness
I can’t say exactly when I finally realized how important wilderness is to me. I started venturing out when I was 19, and had just moved...
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Feb 11, 20182 min read
A Conversation with Dr. Qing Li about His New Book on Shinrin-Yoku
By Dr. Mark A Ellison The Japanese practice of Forest Medicine,or Shinrin-Yoku, has gained quite a bit of notoriety of the past few...
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Jan 7, 20182 min read
Five Ways to Connect to Nature in 2018
Plott Balsam Mountain Range (North Carolina) The new year is a fantastic time to rediscover how being in nature can help reduce stress...
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Feb 12, 20143 min read
A Walk in Nature is Good for Your Health Even if it’s “Brrr” Outside
By Florence Williams, Guest Writer By all accounts, the weather for most of this winter has been unusually lousy all up and down the East...
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Jan 2, 20132 min read
What Green Can Do for Public Health
Public health issues that we currently grapple with such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and other diseases require billions...
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Feb 22, 20123 min read
Utilizing the Restorative Benefits of Nature for Self Reflection
Socrates exhorted us on the virtues of self reflection declaring “that the unexamined life is not worth living.” Unfortunately, the...
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Jun 13, 20111 min read
New Course on Nature, Environment & Human Health
I’m teaching a new course this fall on “Nature, Environment, and Human Health at Cabarrus College of Health Sciences. The course is based...
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Jun 9, 20112 min read
Soft Fascination Allows The Mind To Wander in a Noisy, Urban World
By Dr. Mark A. Ellison Many people now experience physical and psychological health issues related to the stress, fatigue and pollution...
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Mar 26, 20113 min read
Escape!
Acadia National Park, Maine (USA) Photo by Mark Ellison Have you found yourself seeking to escape the stress, noise and pollution of your...
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Mar 4, 20112 min read
Attention Restoration Offers Many Health Benefits
The attention restoration benefits of spending time in nature have been documented in a number of studies (Berto, 2005; Berman et al.,...
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Dec 16, 20101 min read
The Restorative Benefits of Hiking and its Relationship to Job Satisfaction
Hiker Bill Boydston on the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina (USA) Photo by Mark Ellison The November/December Issue of the Appalachian...
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Sep 28, 20101 min read
The Importance of Solitude
This slideshow requires JavaScript. William Deresiewicz penned an excellent article last year in the Chronicle of Higher Education about...
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Aug 16, 20101 min read
Study shows spending time in nature makes people feel more alive
This is a very interesting study that was recently published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology and reveals that spending time in...
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