{"id":7502,"date":"2025-04-02T09:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T13:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=7502"},"modified":"2025-04-02T09:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T13:36:18","slug":"what-happens-when-we-reconnect-with-nature","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/resource\/what-happens-when-we-reconnect-with-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When We Reconnect With Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published by <a href=\"https:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greater Good Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research is discovering all the different ways that nature benefits our well-being, health, and relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/profile\/kristophe_green\">Kristophe Green<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/profile\/dacher_keltner\">Dacher Keltner<\/a>\u00a0| March 1, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans have long intuited that being in nature is good for the mind and body. From indigenous adolescents completing rites of passage in the wild, to modern East Asian cultures taking \u201cforest baths,\u201d many have looked to nature as a place for healing and personal growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why nature? No one knows for sure; but one hypothesis derived from evolutionary biologist E. O. Wilson\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biophilia_hypothesis\">biophilia<\/a>\u201d theory suggests that there are evolutionary reasons people seek out nature experiences. We may have preferences to be in beautiful, natural spaces because they are resource-rich environments\u2014ones that provide optimal food, shelter, and comfort. These evolutionary needs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/pkahn\/articles\/Developmental_Psychology_Biophilia_Hypothesis.pdf\">may explain<\/a>&nbsp;why children are drawn to natural environments and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2210670714001358\">why we prefer nature<\/a>&nbsp;to be part of our architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, a large body of research is documenting the positive impacts of nature on human flourishing\u2014our social, psychological, and emotional life. Over 100 studies have shown that being in nature, living near nature, or even viewing nature in paintings and videos can have positive impacts on our brains, bodies, feelings, thought processes, and social interactions. In particular, viewing nature seems to be inherently rewarding, producing a cascade of position emotions and calming our nervous systems. These in turn help us to cultivate greater openness, creativity, connection, generosity, and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/article\/item\/what_happens_when_we_reconnect_with_nature\">Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7503,"template":"","tags":[],"topic":[56,57],"class_list":["post-7502","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-benefits-of-care-farming","topic-care-farming-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Happens When We Reconnect With Nature - Care Farming Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/resource\/what-happens-when-we-reconnect-with-nature\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Happens When We Reconnect With Nature - Care Farming Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Published by Greater Good Magazine Research is discovering all the different ways that nature benefits our well-being, health, and relationships. 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