Urban green spaces – including parks, woodlands, riverbanks, and gardens – are an essential part of a web of physical and mental well-being. They provide spaces to socialise and opportunities to connect with the natural...Read more
Now that the one millionth tree has been planted by Greening the West in Melbourne’s western suburbs, there are one million more ways for urbanites to connect with nature.
Greening the West, an alliance of local...Read more
|Comment|author: Dr Judy Bush, Brian Coffey, and John Symons
People with higher incomes and more education tend to have greater access to urban green spaces than their less privileged neighbours, a new University of British Columbia study of parks and greenery in 10 major...Read more
|Comment|author: The University of British Columbia
Children who grow up near urban green spaces are likely to perform better academically, according to a new report.
Green space has a ‘positive role in cognitive functioning’, of which spatial working memory is strongly related...Read more