But the point was more about the fact that our tie to nature is real and substantive and that its destruction does not equal progress.
Joanna
B. wrote:
>So does a walk around one's desolate, vacated strip
>mall environ, their urban slum, parking lot hell,
>and/or past homeless urine-drenched men on the
>sidewalk, etc., count as a "Green Walk" to help w/
>depression? Or will they ensure depressed folks are
>airlifted out into the countryside from such environs
>to do the walking, then fly/bus them back home?
>
>Sounds nice if you live in a rural area.
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>-B.
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>joanna wrote:
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>"COUNTRY walks can help reduce depression and raise
>self-esteem according to new research, which has led
>to calls for "ecotherapy" to become a recognised
>treatment for people with mental health problems.
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>http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=743252007
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>The study, titled Ecotherapy: the green agenda for
>mental health, is the first looking at how 'green'
>exercise specifically affects those
>suffering from depression."
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