mental health

Biodiversity

Study: 'Green prescribing' could save more than £635m a year

Wildlife Trusts calls on government to integrate 'green prescribing' into community health and social care services, as study predicts nature-based programmes could steer a million people away from crisis-hit NHS

19 July 2023 • 3 min read

Biodiversity

'Epidemic of climate anxiety': Woodland Trust warns nature loss is impacting mental health

The conservation charity has commissioned new research which demonstrates younger generation is increasingly worried about climate change and has limited access to green spaces

21 March 2023 • 4 min read

Management

'We are our own worst enemy': Could mindfulness and compassion help accelerate climate action?

A growing body of evidence argues personal mental health is deeply connected to wider policy failures – could embedding mindfulness teaching into society improve our responses?

07 March 2022 • 10 min read

Policy

'Legal right to nature': Expanding green space key to 'levelling up' UK, government told

Over 60 green groups and professional bodies argue that 'legal right to nature’ should be placed at centre of government’s levelling up agenda

21 February 2022 • 4 min read

Biodiversity

Study: Woodland visits save UK £185m in mental health costs each year

Landmark government-funded research attempts to quantify mental health treatment savings generated by trees and woodlands

06 December 2021 • 2 min read

Risk

Report: Health of over 12 million people Brits threatened by climate change

Blistering heatwaves and devastating flood events are set to take an ever greater toll on the UK's mental and physical health, according to the Climate Coalition

05 February 2021 • 3 min read