Nature and Wellbeing Project
The Nature and Well-Being Project tests two intervention strategies designed to influence behavior and nudge people to spend more time in nature – one focused on changing places and the other focused directly on people. The first intervention is creating and building a community co-designed micro park space in a formerly greened vacant lot. The second intervention consists of a digital health intervention including a nature coach working with participants to increase the amount of time they spend outside in nature. We are working in 6 predominantly Black Philadelphia neighborhoods and tracking mental health and wellbeing outcomes.
Partners: OLIN Landscape Architect Firm, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Urban Tree Connection, Evelyn Graves Ministries, Mantua Civic Association
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, US Forrest Service, Nature Sacred, American Heart Association