A bike library — have you heard of one? It's just like borrowing a book from a library, but instead, you check out a bicycle. It's a “try before you buy” step that helps people ease into biking instead of driving everywhere. Bike libraries are a smart way to get more people on bikes — …
Last week, we discussed Japanese Forest Bathing, called Shinrin-yoku, described in Florence Williams' book "The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative" (2017). Well, she goes on to talk about how South Korea is trying to achieve the same thing as Japan. They call it salim yok. Having learned from Japan’s …
Last week we talked about the impact of gardens and how the National Horticultural Society (NHS) stated that if just half the population of the UK (approx. 30 million people) planted a tree and nurtured it to full grown, it would “store the carbon equivalent to driving around the planet 11.4 million times! .” “By adding more carbon …
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Climate Change and Environmental psychology: How do we get people to interact with the natural world? And how do we get people to think differently about how they interact with the world? I have been interested in these questions for a long time. Then I came across The International Living Future Institute. Perfection! This is …
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