The Benefits of Combining Mindfulness, Reflections and Nature Macquarie University student Sophie Carse interviews Dr Kath McLachlan on Mindfulness, Reflections and Nature. In this episode Sophie and Kath explore the power of reflection, mindfulness and nature as a practice and tool to help reduce stress. This podcast also introduces the research that Macquarie University and […]
Author Archives: Waminda Parker
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Feb
Feb
Welcome to The Connective Go Slow for a Mo’ Autumn Newsletter Download Newsletter HERE We had an exciting start to the year working with Woollahra Council to launch the Cooper Park trail just before Christmas and planning a second trail at Watsons Bay expected to launch in early April. We also had the pleasure of […]
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Feb
Feb
COVID-19 Highlights the Value of Backyards to Australians By Ross Wissing The word culture originally meant ‘to cultivate’, as in to cultivate the soil. In Western society, gardens have also long been identified as being important in cultivating human health. Hippocrates, the ‘Father of Medicine’ and author of `On Airs, Waters and Places’, is the […]
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Oct
Oct
Parks & Leisure Australia Free Webinar Ross Wissing provides an exciting overview on his learnings from his PhD ‘portfolio of places’, work with The Connective and Macquarie University’s outdoor national survey. This presentation explores: The relationship between public health and public parks. The relationship between human health and ecological health, and how intelligent planning and […]
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Sep
Sep
Macqaurie University Stress Regulator Trail [Click here for Trail Living Lab results] It’s more than a learning and teaching campus. It’s a place that helps to actively supercharge student and staff wellbeing! Designed to help target mental restoration and repair as well as all round nature connection. This trail takes students and staff through a […]
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Aug
Aug
Creating Nature Notice Nudges “Thank you for the superb presentation. Your focus on providing data and practical solutions resonated with our group. Following your presentation, a number of members contacted me directly to express how important the lecture had been for them. It certainly has generated discussion and ‘nudged’ us in the right direction.” […]
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Jul
Jul
The use of green spaces has increased dramatically since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, where unprecedented volumes of people are using outdoor spaces for exercise and their mental health. In NSW, this increase has led to an almost a doubling of park visits. Centennial Park visits estimated to be up by 20 per cent […]
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Apr
Apr
The Connective: An official partner of #NatureForAll #NatureForAll is a global movement to inspire love of nature. At its core is a very simple idea: the more people experience and share their love of nature, the more support and action there will be for its conservation. The growing knowledge base that links connecting with and […]
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Apr
Apr
Freely available research papers on nature and human health during this time of need The research literature on nature and human health increasingly shows that interacting with nature makes us healthier: it strengthens our immune system, reduces depression, elevates mood, lowers stress, and has shown to improve our mental wellbeing. In these times, it can […]
