What is the Nature Effect? We are a community interest company formed in 2011 offering personal professional and community development experiences and activities, connecting people to their earth. We are a loose group of associates with wide and varied interpretations of what this might mean and how we like to work. We artists, facilitators, teachers and change makers with a common interests. Mos
t of our activities are tailor-made to the clients who want to work with us. We also sometimes offer taster sessions and events. We love collaborating with others to for creative transformational change. - making our experience of life and work better, happier, healthier more relaxed... and accepting those things we cannot or do not chose to change with grace. Where did the idea come from? Throughout history leading thinkers, artists, scientist have commented on the power of nature to inspire, teach, refresh and to heal. Finding ways to experience the natural world as part of our daily lives, within our personal lives, our communities, our schools and our work helps us find balance: to learn better, to live longer and to feel happier. An increasing body of research from neuroscience, education and health shows the positive effects of time spent in nature. Studies from across the world show that exposure to nature improves concentration and lowers stress hormones in the body and boosts immune levels. The world is changing. New technology offers us more information, more choices, more entertainment…at faster speeds. We spend more time living in in front of screens, increasingly cut off from direct sensory experience of the natural world on which our survival depends. We are surrounded by environmental campaigns and concerns to the degree that many people associate the ‘environment’ with disaster. The Nature Effect is to bring more experiences of enjoyment, relaxation and learning through creative endeavour, living, learning, playing and simply being in contact with nature.
