L4L2018 - Dr Kirsten McEwan, University of Derby - Connecting people with nature
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Landscapes for Life Conference 2018 - Shaping the Long View Tuesday 24th July – Thursday 26th July 2018 University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent
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Editor's Notes
- NCx is different, and perhaps more powerful then, simple exposure and visiting nature – another of the talks It’s a more meaningful relationship and we have interventions that have led to sustained increases and more work on the emerging role of beauty.
- 30 days: participants wrote about the range and vibrancy of colours found in nature; the surprising grace and agility of birds flying overhead; the ghostly beauty of caterpillar webs spun over bushes; a stormy sky dotted with swallows and bees. ‘Cycling to work along the banks of the River Trent with the sun glistening on the water. The whole sensation was idyllic with banks of cow parsley, insects buzzing, birds singing, rabbits nibbling the grass.
- Beauty has been found to moderate the psychological well-being benefits of nature connectedness (Zhang et al. 2014). Zhang et al. (2014) found that pro-social, or helping behaviours such as empathy and generosity were found to be linked to nature’s beauty. Capaldi et al (2017) found that engagement with natural beauty and nature connectedness were positively associated with well-being measures. 30 Days Wild was the first intervention found to increase EWNB. The significant and increase in EWNB mediated the relationship between the increases in nature connectedness and happiness. Scale items: 1. I notice beauty in one or more aspects of nature. 2. When perceiving beauty in nature I feel changes in my body, such as a lump in my throat, an expansion in my chest, faster heart beat, or other bodily responses. 3. When perceiving beauty in nature I feel emotional, it “moves me,” such as feeling a sense of awe, or wonder or excitement or admiration or upliftment. 4. When perceiving beauty in nature I feel something like a spiritual experience, perhaps a sense of oneness, or being united with the universe, or a love of the entire world.
- In some 2017 research asked people to view some roses for 3 minutes. Found beauty impacts our physiology, the activation of our sympathetic and para-sympathetic nervous system. Chirico et al. (2017) immersed participants in vast 360 degree panoramic scenes of natural beauty and found they increased both sympathetic nervous owing to inspiring awe, and parasympathetic nervous activity, indicating relaxation. Diessner et al. (2015) found that ten ‘directed-attention beauty walks’ increased the noticing of natural beauty
- The response they found match that found when we’re in a forest - it also impacts our physiology, in the same way as roses.
- All of these responses can be explained within a model of emotion regulation And emotions are important. A body of research shows that emotional regulation is linked to well-being, well-being requires balance. Nature leads to greater calm, balancing the drive we can also experience. Just as ecological systems are finely balanced, so is our mental well-being Covered links between beauty and well-being, so how does NCx relate to well-being?
- NCx is not just about our own well-being It matters because of the links to nature’s well-being Data out recently shows the shocking decline decline, from this…..
- To this.
- Given the links we’ve seen, if nature is in decline, its no surprise our well-being is in decline, and nature’s beauty is in decline There is hope, also in the last year research shows that NCx explains a huge chunk of our pro-nature behaviours