Planting trees in urban areas can help reduce stress and anxiety for the people living there, according to a new study. An experiment in Germany suggests that simply living within 100 metres of a tree can be enough to reduce the need for antidepressant drugs. Dr Melissa Marselle and a team of scientists wanted to […]
Studies show shinrin-yoku, also known as forest bathing or time spent in green spaces, can reduce the stress hormone cortisol and increase your immune defense system. It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from […]