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Four articles captured our attention this month.
Two described the results of research into the benefits of nature in alleviating symptoms of depression.
Two more described ways in which huge publicly accessible data about US cities have been translated into informative and visually arresting formats.
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This fabulous province-wide initiative in Ontario, promotes 'green exercise' - taking a walk in nature - to help improve physical and mental health.
The pilot project, run 2013-2015, focussed on older adults, but helps a wide range of mental health associations supporting the broader community.
Stroll by the Mood Walks website here.
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Typographic design by Nicole Arnett Phillips
More than 680,000 scripts for Xanax were written in this country in 2010: one for every 32 Australians. The drug is commonly used short-term, to treat the anxiety disorders that now affect 16% of the adult population every year.
In the past decade another statistic has also been quietly growing.
Every year brings more evidence backing the importance of access to nature in supporting our mental and physical health.
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