En gåtur i skoven er mere end bare en tur i det grønne – det er faktisk rigtigt godt for os både kropsligt og mentalt. Vi bliver i bedre humør Ud over at vi får rørt os, får motion og frisk luft, viser studier, at bekymringer og ængstelse mindskes betydeligt efter en tur i naturen…. Read more »
Physical activities such as climbing a tree, running barefoot and navigating obstacles, even for a few minutes a day, can improve cognitive abilities. The study shows that physical activities that require people to control their bodies while processing new information helps improve working memory. “This research suggests that by doing activities that make us think, we… Read more »
Jeg har for nylig udgivet artiklen Naturen kan fremme din kreativitet i Sundhedsnetværket. I artiklen skriver jeg bl.a.: Kreativitet er evnen til at få nye ideer, nye indsigter og se tingene på nye måder. Alle mennesker er kreative, men vi bruger vores kreativitet i forskellig grad og lader den komme til udtryk på forskellige måder…. Read more »
What if your office was a traveling caravan that could make it possible for you to work in the middle of the forest or at another beautiful nature scenery? The Dutch company KantoorKaravaans are mobile micro-offices that let office workers do their day to day business in the middle of beautiful, national parks. As I have… Read more »
Do you sometimes think: How can I work smarter, not harder? Nature may help you with this. I am very happy about my job, however, it may also be very hectic sometimes; there are several tasks that need to be done, meetings, the phone ringing, e-mails ticking in, a colleague stopping by my office, and when I… Read more »
Imagination is the source of all human achievement. (Sir Ken Robinson) Our society is now, more than ever dependent on our ability to be creative – the process of having original ideas that have value. Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson explains that creativity is the crucial 21st century skill that we will need to solve the challenges that… Read more »
Kunne du tænke dig at sidde under bøgetræernes store kroner, til lyden af fuglekvidder og med udsigt over en lille skovsø? Det lyder næsten for godt til at være sandt, men de spanske arkitekter Jose Selgas og Lucia Cano, der sammen har arkitektfirmaet SelgasCano har bygget deres tegnestue ude i en skov, i en forstad til Madrid i Spanien. Her har… Read more »
My article ‘The impact of nature on creativity – A study among Danish creative professionals’ has now been published in the Journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. You can access the article here. There is free access to the full version of the article until May 15, 2015. Here is the abstract: This article investigates the ability of natural… Read more »
Det er weekend og du har måske benyttet anledningen til at komme ud i naturen. Jeg var bl.a. ude at gå en helt vidunderlig smuk tur i Store Bøgeskov ved Ringsted. Billedet ovenfår er taget ved den lille sti langs Gyrstinge sø. Undervejs gik jeg og tænkte på – hvorfor er det egentlig kun de… Read more »
I DO ART blog er en af mine ynglings; her fortæller kunstnere, designere og andre kreative om deres arbejde og tanker. Det er inspirerende at se andres arbejde og få lov at få et kig ind bag kulisserne og følge dem i deres kreative proces… fra den første idé via alle tanker, kvaler, erkendelser og… Read more »
New research which is to be published in the journal PLOS One, shows that spending four nature-filled days, away from electronic devices, is linked with 50 percent higher scores on a test for creativity. It is interesting as it supports the findings of my recently finished Master Thesis; Nature & Creativity – how and why nature enhances creativity. The… Read more »
Min første artikel om naturens evne til at stimulere vores kreativitet er netop udkommet i Videntjenesten fra Københavns Universitet.
For the last 6 months I have been writing my Master Thesis in Landscape Architecture and exploring the area of nature and creativity to find out how and why nature may enhance our creativity. It has been an amazing journey – talking to so many inspiring creative people and reading interesting literature about creativity and natures influence… Read more »
I disse dage læser jeg rigtigt meget om kreativitet. Jeg vil gerne forstå, hvad det er. Hvad der sker i os, når vi er kreative. Forstå hvordan den fremmes og blokeres og se om jeg kan ane en rolle for naturen i denne proces. Alt sammen if.m. mit speciale, som jeg bloggede om i forrige… Read more »