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Here you can find links to newspaper articles, scientific ones Publications, videos and other sources of information on the subject of nature as a source of healing.
English links
Magazine Articles
BBC - Earth - How nature is good for our health and happiness: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160420-how-nature-is-good-for-our-health-and-happiness?ocid=fbert
BBC - Earth - Why we should all be part of a wildlife survey:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160323-why-we-should-all-take-part-in-a-wildlife-surveyBBC - Earth - Can you do something wild every day for a month?
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150528-30-days-of-random-wildnessHealing Forest - an Indian NGO with a great mission: https://healingforest.org/
BBC - Earth - Where nature bucks the trend: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160216-wild-places-where-nature-bucks-the-trend
National Geographic - This is your brain on nature: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/01/call-to-wild/
New York Times - How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain: https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/how-nature-changes-the-brain/
Yale Environment 360 ° - Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/ecopsychology-how-immersion-in-nature-benefits-your-health?fbclid=IwAR3MN7-_PpjPch2bucSv1jCFibwNa5E0UYn6JnqNHgaTRKTGatUhFuntTBE
Scientific Research
PubMed Central® (PMC) - Effect of forest bathing trips on human immune function: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2793341/
PubMed Central® (PMC) - Effect of phytoncide from trees on human natural killer cell function: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20074458
International Society of Forest and Medicine, Japan - Various articles in Forest Medicine https://www.infom.org/paperandbooks/
Science Advances - Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/7/eaax0903
Science Direct - Exploring connections among nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041614001648
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - Gardening on a psychiatric inpatient unit: Cultivating recovery: https://www.psychiatricnursing.org/article/S0883-9417(18)30298-X/fulltext#s0120%20at%20a
Videos & Documentaries
A fantastic film- documentary by Qing Li, associate professor at the Nippon Medical School in Tokyo and president of the Japanese Society of Forest Medicine about the effect of phytoncide from trees on human natural killer cell function: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jPNll1Ccn0
My FAVORITE YouTube Channel (no joke! I love 4WD's - well, my inner man does 😉 . ):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLL44RCPuw8XIslZBB8jf6AA fantastic documentary by Qing Li, associate professor at the Nippon Medical School in Tokyo and president of the Japanese Society of Forest Medicine about how forest bathing can impact the increase of natural killer cells to fight cancer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jPNll1Ccn0
Forest Bathing | Shinrin-Yoku | Healing in Nature | Short Documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=y-wHq6yY2CI&feature=emb_logoA documentary about Forests across India and how to find out the remarkable ways in which forests can heal our body, mind, and spirit. Film Duration: 50 minutes | Language: English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Swm13p4bA&feature=emb_logoA documentary about Shinrin Yoku: The Art of Forest Bathing by an American filmmaker and his producer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Ik7i15uHk
German links
Newspaper Articles & Books
The Time - Shirin-Yoku - Forest Bathing: https://www.zeit.de/zeit-wissen/2018/03/waldbaden-natur-heilung-gesundheit-japan
Augsburger Allgemeine - What does the forest do to psyche and body: https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/kultur/Journal/Was-macht-der-Wald-mit-Psyche-und-Koerper-id51025691.html
The world - just five minutes in the forest strengthen your self-confidence: https://www.welt.de/gesundheit/article154517284/Nur-fuenf-M Minuten-im-Wald-staerken-Ihr-Selbstbewusstsein.html
Book: We are creatures of the forest by Wolf Dieter Storl: https://www.storl.de/shop/buecher/wir-sind-geschoepfe-des-waldes/
Image taken in Japan & credit to www.healingforest.org