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The Journal of Climate Change and Health: Hope, Health, and the Climate Crisis
How do health professionals acknowledge the climate crisis and its connections with human health? Howard Frumkin, a member of UW Nature and Health, published an article in The Journal of Climate Change and Health that offers ways for health professionals to consider hope as a path forward for themselves, their patients and future generations.
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Nature App Sees Results in the Wild
Researchers from the iSchool and Nature and Health collaborated with children to codesign an app, NatureCollections, that encourages tweens to explore their natural surroundings, take photos of nature and curate them into themed collections. Project link: https://naturecollectionsapp.ischool.uw.edu/
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‘Forgetting Nature’: Peter Kahn offers warning in short documentary film
UW News shares a new short film, Forgetting Nature, starring Peter Kahn at Nature and Health. What do we lose when we lose our connection to nature?
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Nature & Health Speaks: Beyond Inclusive Design with The Eli’s Park Project
On February 10th, University of Washington’s Nature and Health invited The Eli’s Park Project to share their inclusive design process through the Nature and Health Speaks series. Learn more about this project from Urban@UW.
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How to avoid cabin fever in WA’s pandemic winter
With mental health on the line, Washingtonians are finding creative, safe ways to get outside. Nature and Health's director Josh Lawler is quoted in this Crosscut article.
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Here’s a mental health tip to get you through coronavirus quarantine: Find tranquility in nature
The Seattle Times published a story that features Nature and Health leaders Kathleen Wolf, research social scientist at the College of the Environment and Peter H. Kahn Jr., professor in the UW psychology department and the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences.
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Webinar: Health and Nature During Covid-19
The Nature and Health group seeks to understand the connections between nature and human health and well-being. What does this mean for health and nature during Covid-19? Find out during Nature and Health's webinar as they explore this question.
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