Nature, green spaces, and blue health

By examining the opportunities that green space, biodiversity, and aquatic settings such as oceans and rivers can provide to human wellbeing, we are informing policies that improve public health and protect our vital natural environments.

Research project

SWEEP – Informing investment in the environment for health

Understanding how investing in the environment can benefit health and promote mental wellbeing among young people in the South West.
Research project

Nature-on-prescription

This project will design a programme of nature-based group activities for people with common mental health conditions.
Research project

GCRF Blue Communities

A four-year project developing initiatives that promote the sustainable use of marine resources in East and South-East Asia.
Research project

Virtual blue spaces for psychological wellbeing

Using virtual reality to explore how beaches and coasts might improve psychological wellbeing.
Research project

Sensing Nature

Sensing Nature is exploring how people with varying forms and severities of sight impairment experience diverse types of nature.
Research project

Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe

A pan-European initiative to coordinate research into the links between the marine environment and human health.
Research project

PollerGEN

PollerGEN is an interdisciplinary NERC-funded project aiming to revolutionise aeropollen measurement and forecasting.
News

‘Green exercise’ in England brings £2.2 billion in health benefits

22 Sep 2016

Physical activity in natural environments, or ‘green exercise’, could provide health benefits of £2.2 billion a year.
Research project

Beyond Greenspace

How can different types and qualities of natural environment impact human health and wellbeing in the UK?
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