Month: June 2017
“Good medicine…” #Benchstories #Naturesacred
Today’s Bench Story comes from the healing garden at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Bench stories are collected from the journals found at all TKF Foundation Open Spaces Sacred Places….
New TKF Foundation Report Provides “How to” on Creating System of City Greenspaces
ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 29, 2017 — Nearly 40 years of research confirms that contact with nearby nature is profoundly important for human health and wellness, from the earliest hours to the final days of our lives. A new report suggests how city officials, urban planners and community residents can better integrate nature into all urban…
What happens when you go for a walk?
“You’re doing nothing when you walk, nothing but walking. But having nothing to do but walk makes it possible to recover the pure sensation of being, to rediscover the simple joy of existing, the joy that permeates the whole of childhood”. – F. Gros The French philosopher Frederic Gros doesn’t specialize in the latest scientific…
“.;..I do not – will not – play” #Naturesacred #Benchstories
Today’s Bench Story comes from the TKF Foundation Open Spaces Sacred Places at UMBC: Joseph Beuys Sculpture & Rock Garden. #Benchstories come from the journals found in all TKF Foundation Open Spaces Sacred Places….
Air pollution damages the brain, but trees can help
At Nature Sacred, we keep a close eye on the academic research being published around nature, health, and wellbeing. Via Research Shorts, each month we take what we see as some of the most interesting work being published and create a brief summary for our readers — enabling you to be in the know, even if…
“This is for you Dad!” #Benchstories #Naturesacred
Today’s Bench Story comes from the journal in the Open Spaces Sacred Places at the Annapolis Maritime Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. #Benchstories are collected from the journals found in all TKF Foundation Open Spaces Sacred Places….
Innovative hospitals incorporate garden design
Innovative hospitals incorporate therapeutic garden design into a holistic care approach. One such place, Legacy Health, combines its traditional medical expertise with the healing power of a four-season terrace garden at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center (EMC) in Portland, Oregon. The Terrace Garden provides the Family Birth Center and Cardiovascular Intensive Care unit a restorative place…
“…Where the highway noise fades together like burbling waves…” #Benchstories #naturesacred
Today’s Bench Story comes from the journal in the Open Spaces Sacred Places at the Naval Cemetery Landscape in Brooklyn, NY. #Benchstories are collected from the journals found in all TKF Foundation Open Spaces Sacred Places….
“This small place could just as easily not be here….” #Benchstories #Naturesacred
Today’s Bench Story comes from the journal in the Open Spaces Sacred Places at Providence Hospital in Washington, DC. #Benchstories are collected from the journals found in all TKF Foundation Open Spaces Sacred Places….
