When we work with nature, is the connection much deeper, or is it because there is a greater sense of purpose and connectedness to the people we are around?
“It has been suggested that occupational therapy can be at the forefront of brokering this negotiation process between an individual and his or her environment thus enabling being, becoming and health” (Wilcock, 2006, Harrison and Sellers 2008, cited in Diamant & Waterhouse, 2010).
Hi Jo, got triggered off by your musing about nature and health and went to look up what others said. Found an article that talks about the relationship between nature and health and touches on sustainability in the concept of contact with nature as a health intervention upstream. Pretty convincing... and nice to know even my pot plants are contributing to my health! :p
ReplyDeleteHealthy nature healthy people: ‘contact with nature’ as an upstream health promotion intervention for populations
Cecily Maller, Mardie Townsend, Anita Pryor*, Peter Brown and Lawrence St Leger
http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/21/1/45