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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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Image: Great Bow Yard, Langport, by Richard Mullane.
CABE, the UK's Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, has contributed to this new guide for communities, Design in Neighbourhood Planning.
It can be used with or without the involvement of design professionals, and explains a range of urban design and placemaking terms clearly, without jargon, and with illustrative examples and case studies.
Read the document here.
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Not simply a kick-ass name, this wonderful renovation by Liddicoat & Goldhill takes a dowdy cluster of 18th century farm buildings and transforms them into an inventive, environmentally conscious home that screams "Please! Come and live with me forever!"
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If your jealousy will bear it, more pictures here.
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Jennifer Forbes recently completed a project with Fairmont Hotels, producing this lovely infographic guide to some of the best Botanic Gardens in the world.
The beautifully illustrated snapshot travels from Kew to Singapore to Kirstenbosch, and includes just the right amount of info about each place.
See the overall infographic here.
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Image: Milky Way Galaxy, Wikimedia Commons
Hold your phone up to the sky and this brilliant and beautiful app tells you which constellations are above, day or night.
You can also track satellites and get automatic notifications when the International Space Station is passing overhead.
I know everyone loves a freebie, but pay the couple of bucks, it's worth it!
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Yale and Columbia Universities have lead the research underpinning the 2016 Environmental Performance Index.
Now in its 15th year, the EPI provides "a global view of environmental performance and country by country metrics to inform decision-making".
Of the 180 countries ranked, Australia comes in at 13.
Click to read more, and access the data.
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