Our research aims to discovers if, how and why ‘nature’ supports human mental health and wellbeing. In our research process, we intentionally look to re-connect humans with the natural world, and we investigate how and why that re-connection is good for humans and good for the planet.
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Converging ecological and social crises have exposed the limits of prevailing models of human progress, highlighting the need for more inclusive and interdisciplinary approaches to advancing wellbeing and flourishing across human and non-human life. In this Personal View, we propose an ecological-collective-flourishing (e-co-flourishing) approach, whereby one’s own human flourishing is pursued along with that of natural ecosystems and their collective and individual constituents.
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Ecological-collective-flourishing (e-co-flourishing) describes the interconnected flourishing of human and non-human natural entities. Despite existing conceptual frameworks, translation into practice remains inadequate owing to insufficient synthesis of empirically tested mechanisms driving change across human and ecological systems. We conducted an umbrella review of systematic reviews examining mechanisms at the e-co-flourishing interface.
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Hybrid Green Spaces in psychiatric intensive care units offer a transformative approach to mental healthcare environments, addressing tensions between therapeutic intent and institutional control.
Under compounded crises of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, researchers are exploring more-than-human co-design to involve and engage human and non-human entities.
A growing body of research is connecting global environmental degradation to negative impacts on mental health and human flourishing.