Research into experiences of nature in everyday life across Europe

The GreenMe consortium, a Europe-wide organisation, has recently finished collecting responses from over 6500 people across six European countries and the US as part of a survey of nature engagement in everyday life. The results from such studies are important for urban planning and public health strategies.

Specific recruitment strategies were employed to make sure that people from marginalised communities were included. Participants completed a 30-question survey which aimed to explore connections between different aspects of everyday life, such as nature connectedness, short-term mental wellbeing and awareness of the health benefits of being in nature.

The collected responses will now be analysed to answer questions such as whether everyday exposure to nature has a measurable impact on mental wellbeing, and whether high quality green and blue spaces are equally accessible to people from different communities. For further details of the project, see here

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