With ongoing environmental degradation at local, regional, and global scales, people's
accepted thresholds for environmental conditions are continually being lowered. In the …

There is increasing evidence that gardening provides substantial human health benefits.
However, no formal statistical assessment has been conducted to test this assertion. Here …

Increasingly, people are becoming less likely to have direct contact with nature (natural
environments and their associated wildlife) in their everyday lives. Over 20 years ago …

The connection that individuals have with nature impacts their well-being and their support
for pro-nature policies. While it is generally believed that the connection between humans …

Evidence that urban green-space promotes health and well-being of urban residents is
increasing. The role of biodiversity is unclear: perceived biodiversity may be important, but …

As people live more urbanised lifestyles there is potential to lose daily contact with nature,
diminishing access to the wide range of associated health benefits of interacting with nature …

Children are becoming less likely to have direct contact with nature. This ongoing loss of
human interactions with nature, the extinction of experience, is viewed as one of the most …

Environmentally sustainable design (ESD) is widely recognised as a key strategy for the
mitigation of the impact of buildings on the environment. ESD focuses on energy …

With an ever-increasing urban population, promoting public health and well-being in towns
and cities is a major challenge. Previous research has suggested that participating in …

At a time of unprecedented biodiversity loss, researchers are increasingly recognizing the
broad range of benefits provided to humankind by nature. However, as people live more …