Getting into your garden, whether growing your own vegetables, cultivating flowers, or cutting hedges is about much more than the simple joys of eating home grown vegetables or having a place to entertain others. Research shows that these activities in and of themselves enhance our creativity, reduce stress and are great for us in many… Read more »
Growing your own vegetables, taking care of plants, cultivating flowers, cutting hedges and weeding is much more than the joy of eating homegrown vegetables and herbs – it is therapy and in many ways really, really good for us new research from the independent charity King’s Fund shows. Increasing people’s exposure to, and use of, green spaces… Read more »
Is it better to take a walk in nature than in an urban area? Two studies comparing walking in an urban setting with walking in a natural park setting. In both, the walk in nature produced benefits for mood and mental acuity while the urban walk did not. In the study the researchers investigated the impact of nature experience… Read more »
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 »
Har du kastet dig over hjemmedyrkede tomater og krydderurter på altanen? Elsker du at bo i byen men fantaserer om at holde høns? Plukker du ramsløg i byparken og nyder at fremtrylle en lækker ramsløgspesto til din pizza? Tager du familien med ud på landet i weekenderne for at høste æbler eller klappe den ko, som… Read more »
Indoor climate has a great impact on human well-being, including comfort, productivity and health. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indoor air quality is one of the top five risks to public health. We spend 80-90 percent of our time indoors and about 16 hours every day in our dwelling and therefor it is important… Read more »
René Redzepis non-profit organisation MAD starter sammen med stærke aktører til efteråret et folkeligt mad- og naturprojekt centreret om smag og bæredygtighed. Formålet er at give folkeskoleelever og resten af Danmark mulighed for at blive bedre til at kokkerere med naturens vilde råvarer igennem gratis undervisning. Med 8,5 millioner kroner fra Nordea-fonden får alle danskere… 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 »
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 »
Vi bliver flere og flere mennesker i byerne. 86 % af os danskerne bor i byen. København er for eksempel vokset med 45.000 indbyggere de seneste fem år – det samme som en provinsby på størrelse med Helsingør. Så det er helt afgørende, at vi gør hvad vi kan, for at skabe byer, som er… 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 »
Hvordan er din udsigt? Kigger du ud på noget natur eller kigger du lige ud i en væg? Studier har vist at din udsigt har indflydelse på, hvor godt du trives, det har betyding for dit barns indlæring i skolen og betydning for, hvor glad du er for dit arbejde. Da jeg for nogle år… 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 »