392: How nature soothes anxiety, enhances longevity & supports brain health | mbg senior sustainability editor Emma Loewe

Emma Loewe: “People tend to live longer if they live close to green space…and street trees totally count.” 

Loewe, mbg senior sustainability editor, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how nature can enhance your health, plus:

- Why you should look at waves when you're stressed (~09:06)

- How awe experiences can impact your mental health (~11:22)

- The health benefits of houseplants (~21:03)

- How to reap the benefits of nature if you live in a city (~18:46)

- How the sustainability conversation will evolve with emerging science (~25:46)

Referenced in the episode:

- Loewe's book, Return To Nature.

- Read Loewe's work on mindbodygreen. 

- Horticultural therapist Matthew Wichrowski's work at NYU.

- A study on coast proximity and health.

- MacKerron Mappiness study.

- Full study on biodiversity. 

- Research on awe experiences. 

- Research on forest bathing and NK cells.

- A study on phytoncides and heart rate variability.

- A study on fractal fluency.

- A study on green space and mortality risk. 

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