Green is good for you

Interesting article in the American Psychological Associations publication about how regular exposure to the natural world can help restoring mental clarity heal the body.

We are planning to look at the benefits of taking hospitalized and elderly people into national parks virtual using EcoRift. We hypothesis that this could be a valuable aid to healing and wellbeing.

Psychologists’ research explains the mental and physical restoration we get from nature–and has important implications for how we build our homes, work environments and cities.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr01/greengood.aspx

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