More great news for the benefits of taking #exercise in #nature: https://www.psypost.org/2023/02/exercising-in-nature-produces-psychological-benefits-and-measurable-changes-in-brain-activity-68307

For my perspective, this leads right into a discussion about #urbanism, #biophilia and how to make #GreenerCities (which are also equitably #accessible of course).

Nature is freaking awesome!

This building 🏢 went up a year ago, it's sooo boring and ugly, and it took at least 3 years to build, but most of all the facade is a perfectly unutilized place. Think about how many buildings like this could be beautiful and useful if the simple structures were there to facilitate vertical gardens. Imagine the lush green that would bloom pretty flowers and fruit you could pick just from opening your window. Imagine a living plant organism reinforcing your home and giving it actual roots that make your home more resilient in the presence of earth quakes and floods. Imagine close knit communities being intertwined with nature. *Dream* .A beautiful city consists of life, art and nature, an ugly city is pretty much void of this. All our buildings and therefore cities could be beautiful and useful beyond simple shelters if we could see vertical space as places for green...entering into symbiotic relationship with nature and city. Next time you go for a walk in your neighborhood, look up and imagine what the buildings and streets could look like covered in lush green vertical gardens. Imagine smelling a flower, creasing a leaf and vine or eating a berry off these imagined gardens... Then imagine how you feel. #verticalgardens #greenercities