Our Need for Nature in the Time of COVID

It's a movement based on a rapidly growing body of research on the benefits of nature connection for physical, mental and cognitive health.

Spending Time in Nature During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis

Nature can occupy your children while you balance all of the things you need to do while everyone is staying home together.

Our Need for the Outdoors: The Role of Nature During COVID-19

New phases of research are examining how spending time in nature can actually help prevent disease, improve concentration, and reduce stress.

Why society needs nature - Lessons from research during Covid-19

The Covid-19 Pandemic and associated 'lockdown' restrictions in 2020 impacted people's lives in many ways, including how often people visited nature and ...

Nature's contributions in coping with a pandemic in the 21st century

Other forms of nature exposure, such as spending time in private gardens and viewing outdoor greenery from windows, may have increased. The majority of the ...

What does COVID-19 have to do with nature? These 5 articles explain

Protecting nature will be critical to preventing future pandemics, some scientists say. With that in mind, here are five articles that ...

Why society needs nature - lessons from research during Covid-19

Research shows us that connecting with the natural environment has many benefits for our physical health and mental wellbeing. ... time in nature than expected ...

Covid-19 lockdown: We need nature now more than ever before

Nature helps improve our overall mood and reduces stress and anxiety levels1. It also provides long-term benefits, including reducing the risk ...

The Urgent Need for Nature During and After COVID-19

Mounting research, combined with our personal and professional experience, suggest that improving equity in access to greenspace may help ...

5 Reasons Why You Should Spend Time in Nature During the ...

5 Reasons Why You Should Spend Time in Nature During the COVID-19 Outbreak · 1. Give your immune system a boost. · 2. Get your exercise in – in Nature. · 3. Reduce ...

Nature in the Time of COVID-19 - Living on Earth

... our relationship to the natural world at any age, and shares some ideas about how to connect with nature in the midst of the pandemic.

Lessons from the Pandemic about the Environment and Public Health

Public health and environmental researchers have made it clear that human land-use changes – deforestation, urbanization, and ecosystem ...

Four Ways Nature Can Protect Your Well-Being During a Pandemic

People who spent more time in nature these past two years have been happier and less stressed. ... Living through the COVID-19 pandemic has had a ...

People and Nature Survey: How has COVID-19 changed the way ...

Few could have predicted how being asked to remain indoors for large periods of time would inspire the country to connect with nature. But ...

Nature's Role in Supporting Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic

A considerable body of evidence shows that spending time in and engaging with nature can improve human health and wellbeing. Our study explores nature's role in ...

How has lockdown changed our relationship with nature?

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced people to interact with familiar surroundings in new ways. While bedrooms have become offices ...

The Influence of Nature on Well-Being During the COVID-19 ...

Not only was spending time outdoors safer and provided opportunities for physical exercise, but additional benefits also included improved mental health, ...

When Confronting a Pandemic, We Must Save Nature to Save ...

To reduce the risks of pandemics such as COVID-19, the United States must act to combat wildlife and timber trafficking, slow nature destruction ...

How COVID-19 has changed the face of the natural world

Many studies from all over the world have reported that the pandemic has brought about significant reductions in climate and water pollution.

Nature and COVID-19: The pandemic, the environment, and the way ...

Climate change is not just a concern for the future, but very much a current problem that requires urgent action that can be encouraged by ...