Il Green Care è un insieme di pratiche che utilizzano la natura e i suoi elementi per promuovere la salute delle persone. Queste pratiche hanno un’applicazione molto ampia e varia, includendo sia iniziative volte al miglioramento della salute fisica e mentale, sia azioni con fini educativi e di inclusione sociale. Per questo motivo il Green …
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Green care tourism relies on natural and semi-natural areas that are suitable for tourism activities. Forest Design in Romania assesses the biodiversity as well as other factors that can enhance tourism products in an area. Why Green care tourism? All human societies, economies, and cultures are embedded in nature and rely on it for sustenance …
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Empowering wellbeing and health through nature: inspiring good practices and initiatives across Europe. Can nature help our health and wellbeing? In the last few years, the demand for spending time in nature has been increasing, along with a renewed interest in Green Care practices. The term Green Care refers to those practices promoting health and …
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The focus of Green4C project is to foster innovation and entrepreneurship by integrating health and social care with connection to nature and natural resources and ecosystems in both rural and urban areas. In Green4C, Green Care is the umbrella term referring to the “wide range of activities and targeted beneficiaries, ranging from health and wellbeing …
The Nature of Cities (TNOC) is an international platform for transdisciplinary dialogue and urban solutions. It facilitates the sharing of diverse, transformative ideas about cities as ecosystems of people, nature, and infrastructure. The Post COVID-19 City Challenge In May we wrote an article to tell you about our first victory: we were among the finalists …
Join the Green Care WALD-Tage by BFW, the Green4C National Launch Event will take place on 8 September 2021. The Green4C Launch Event revolves around the three-year Erasmus+ project Green4C, which aims to promote nature-based solutions – Green Care – for health, well-being and social inclusion. The aim is to exchange, network and discuss at …
Developing learning modules for the promotion of green and natural approaches to health and social care through sustainable entrepreneurship. At Elevate Health, developing tailor-made e-learning solutions for the Healthcare and Life Sciences sector is our passion, resulting in our engagement in the E+ Green4C project. With the other partners using their expertise in researching the …
“We need nature in our lives!”: this is what the European Commission stated in 2020 its EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, “to improve our psycho-physical health and that of the Planet”(European Commission, 2020). It is nowadays widely accepted that being in the open air in a green space has a positive effect on our health, both …
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Connecting Nature is a five year project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Innovation Action Programme that will work to promote Europe as a global leader in the innovation and implementation of nature –based solutions. The Summit On June 2021 the project organised the Connecting Nature Enterprise Summit Poznań focusing specifically on the economic …
If you are involved in an Urban green care initiative which includes specific projects, initiatives, interventions, and services that operationalise nature prescriptions in urban and peri-urban green spaces while incorporating and promoting human health and well-being in their mission, vision and activities, please fill in our survey by clicking the link below. Within the project, …
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If you are involved in a tourism initiative linked to nature and wellness, then take the survey to help us understand the green care market! Green care tourism is defined as a wide range of organised tourism experiences and products that rely on nature and natural resources and represent a new travel motivation for tourists …
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Chatting with the world’s leading experts in Green Care Good morning Professor Yu, we are very excited to be launching this series of virtual interviews together with you! Would you kindly introduce yourself to our readers? I’m an Associate Professor of School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University (NTU), Deputy Director of the …
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