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Improving Assessments of Connection to Nature


Improving assessments of connection to nature: a participatory ...

In 2018, we launched a participatory process involving researchers and practitioners in a review of existing connection to nature assessment tools with the ...

National Nature Assessment | U.S. Department of the Interior

The NNA is intended from the very beginning to be use-inspired. What is nature? What do people need to know about nature? These questions are foundational to ...

The Nature Connection Handbook

of increasing nature connection, improving wellbeing and nature-friendly behaviour. ... Practitioner Guide to Assessing Connection to Nature. → cdn.naaee ...

Applying the pathways to nature connectedness at a societal scale

Recommendations are given for specific pathways informed interventions to improve the human–nature relationship. These interventions focus on cultural ...

Do Better in School - Texas Children in Nature Network

Similarly, over fifty studies point to nature playing a key role in the development of pro-environmental behavior, particularly by fostering an emotional ...

Examining connection to nature at multiple scales provides insights ...

The following variables represent latent constructs based upon multiple individual items: connection to nature, connection to Melbourne, environmental concern, ...

Nurtured by nature - American Psychological Association

Exposure to nature has been linked to a host of benefits, including improved attention, lower stress, better mood, reduced risk of ...

The importance of connection to nature in assessing environmental ...

A primary objective of environmental education programs is to create direct experiences with nature that enhance the relationships children ...

Nature: How connecting with nature benefits our mental health

A strong connection with nature means feeling a close relationship or an emotional attachment to our natural surroundings. There are ways that we can develop ...

Smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment reveals an ...

Environments which included a larger range of natural features, such as trees, plants and birdlife (high natural diversity) were associated with ...

Enhancing Nature Connection and Positive Affect in Children ... - MDPI

Previous research has reported the success of short-term interventions in increasing nature connection in children, but to date no empirical ...

Why Is Nature Beneficial?: The Role of Connectedness to Nature

In all three studies, exposure to nature increased connectedness to nature, attentional capacity, positive emotions, and ability to reflect on a life problem.

Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with ...

Growing evidence of a positive association between contact with natural environments and health and well-being has led to calls for improved ...

How Does Nature Impact Our Wellbeing?

Research reveals that environments can increase or reduce our stress, which in turn impacts our bodies. What you are seeing, hearing, experiencing at any ...

Predictors of Nature Connection Among Urban Residents

Fostering nature connection may promote psychological well-being and enhance proenvironmental attitudes. However, there is limited understanding of what ...

Measuring connection with nature - Arthur Rylah Institute

Evidence shows that people who connect with nature are more likely to value and act to protect the natural environment and that connecting with, ...

Impact Assessment | Connecting Nature

Robust evaluation supports planners and decision-makers in building solid evidence-based understanding as to the impact of nature-based solutions and enhancing ...

Assessing the Benefits of the Natural Environment to Individual Well ...

Enhance understanding of beneficiaries of ecosystem goods and services; · Understand modifiable factors and health interventions; · Provide ...

Evaluation and Assessment

But how can the connection one feels to nature be assessed, to determine whether a program is successful? A workshop, practitioner guide, and free assessment ...

ENACT - A new tool to evaluate how nature activities build people's ...

Joelene Hughes and I have developed a new evaluation tool called ENACT (Evaluating Nature Activities for Connection Tool) to investigate this ...