The Healing Power of Nature - Norwegian Journal of Friluftsliv

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Introduction The Healing Power of Nature: The need for nature for human health, development, and wellbeing While people who practice friluftsliv know firsthand the benefits of integrating a positive relationship with nature into one’s life, for others it is important to show the research supporting a lifestyle with friluftsliv. In many cases community planners, policy makers, school administrators, and others need this information to make decisions and influence people. In many cultures people spend far less time in nature than even 25 or 50 years ago. In fact, many aspects of western culture teach people not to spend time in nature. The aim of this project is to identify, explore, and develop the conceptual and underpinning theories guiding research and practice as well as to show the scope and depth of the research about the positive impacts of the natural environment on human health and development and therefore society. To that end the research and literature about nature and health from over 30 fields have been identified and reviewed in a comprehensive manner and 14 conceptual and underpinning theories are presented connected with human’s need to affiliate with nature, including theories such as indigenous consciousness, psychoevolutionary theory, naturalistic intelligence, biophilia, spiritual connections, and the ethic of care and other concepts that are more manifestations of this mutual dependence such as friluftsliv, traditional ecological knowledge, the land ethic, ecofeminism, ecopsychology, children’s development needs, and a socio-ecological approach to human health. As an example, research has shown that time in natural spaces strengthen neighborhood ties, 2
educes crime, stimulates social interactions among children, strengthens family connections and decreases domestic violence, assists new immigrants cope with transition, and is cost effective for health benefits. Conference Theme: Friluftsliv in the postmodern societal arena: -A distant cry in the wilderness? 3
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