People who spend at least 2 hours in nature a week are significantly more likely to report good health and higher psychological wellbeing, according to a new large-scale study (n = 19,806), which found that it didn’t matter whether this was achieved in a single visit or over several shorter visits.

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I try to get an hour a day. Also exercise. There's this..effect that comes over you when you enter a woods. Especially in springtime or summer when it's full growth. A serenity sets in and envelops you, it's a kind of embrace. I'm lucky to be in a relatively rural area, there's usually other people near but sometimes its empty and that's the best. I run on sidewalks in and amongst traffic and it's not nearly as nice as when you enter the forest. These experiences contribute to my militant environmentalism..The thought of destroying the forest in order to enrich for trinkets and baubles is infuriating, thanks for the vent.