Nature has enormous emotional and cognitive benefits on people
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#2Wouldn’t be an NPR blog post without bringing up colonialism, and sure enough, there it is.
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#3In the difference in air content between in door air and outdoor/forest air able to have cognitive and health aspects?
see e.g. potential unintended cognitive consequences of CO2 emissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/026988111141572...
Any documentation on the variance of percentage of C02 and oxygen ? Do polyphenols (via pollen?) have relevant effects intranasally ?
off-topic but related to title is plant blindness https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190425-plant-blindness-...
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#4Wouldn’t be an NPR blog post without bringing up colonialism, and sure enough, there it is.
Yeah, I remember being a proud NPR listener back before they went off the deep end. I’m still hoping it’s a phase they grow out of.
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#5In the difference in air content between in door air and outdoor/forest air able to have cognitive and health aspects? see e.g. potential unintended cognitive consequences of CO2 emissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/026988111141572... Any documentation on the variance of percentage of C02 and oxygen ? Do polyphenols (via pollen?) have relevant effects intranasally ? off-topic but related to title i…
A few minutes with window open and you are back to the outside CO2 levels, so I don't think it's just CO2 (unless you have really high levels of it, sensors are pretty cheap nowadays and can serve as a good reminder to let in some fresh air).
Not sure about pollen but trees produce chemicals that kill pathogens which attack them. Which is why it's healthy to breath forest air especially when you have a cold. Plus they are great at filtering air.
btw 'Think of time in nature as a "multivitamin" — it's best to take it every day' - I don't know how this ends up in articles like this with so much research against it (multivitamins that is), they might have as well been suggesting draining your blood everyday.
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#6This is the sort of thing I think about when the pro-urban/pro-density/anti-car people talk about their vision for the world. I live in a city now, and the lack of substantial nature is suffocating to the extent that I plan to move. The idea that we should all live this way to conserve space—a resource which is only scarce in these urban places—seems excessive to put it mildly.
EDIT: A lot of urban folks are rebutting my “substantial nature” complaint with references to their city’s parks, which is amusingly illustrative of our differing perspectives. I was thinking “mountains and forests”, not just green spaces scattered amid the concrete.
EDIT 2: A lot of urban folks are talking like the suburbs are swallowing up the countryside. I’m sure they’ve grown, but it’s still a big world out there people. I can’t recommend a cross-country road trip enough. Y’all need to leave your cities once in a while and see the world that you have such strong opinions about! :)
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#7Wouldn’t be an NPR blog post without bringing up colonialism, and sure enough, there it is.
Yeah, I remember being a proud NPR listener back before they went off the deep end. I’m still hoping it’s a phase they grow out of.
I realized this too, then realized all of their sponsored segments are left leaning organizations and foundations.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, I remember being a proud NPR listener back before they went off the deep end. I’m still hoping it’s a phase they grow out of.
I realized this too, then realized all of their sponsored segments are left leaning organizations and foundations.
Pretty sure that was also the case before they found religion.
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#9The pro housing people always think more housing will lower rents. Apparently they’ve never been to a big, dense city.
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#10In the difference in air content between in door air and outdoor/forest air able to have cognitive and health aspects? see e.g. potential unintended cognitive consequences of CO2 emissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/026988111141572... Any documentation on the variance of percentage of C02 and oxygen ? Do polyphenols (via pollen?) have relevant effects intranasally ? off-topic but related to title i…
A few minutes with window open and you are back to the outside CO2 levels, so I don't think it's just CO2 (unless you have really high levels of it, sensors are pretty cheap nowadays and can serve as a good reminder to let in some fresh air). Not sure about pollen but trees produce chemicals that kill pathogens which attack them. Which is why it's healthy to breath forest air especially when you have a cold. Plus the…
Except people don't open their windows because it's cold or the someone in the office doesn't like the breeze or the temp or the sound.....
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