Nourish mental health by spending time outdoors
Green campaigner and consumer expert, Angela Terry, separates climate change facts from fiction and explains how you can take simple, practical steps to help save the planet.
I keep reading about Mental Health Awareness Week – is there any connection between the environment and climate change and our mental health?
The short answer is yes.
Directly, there are subtle ways in which climate change affects mental health – for example, we know warmer weather due to climate change, and pollution from burning oil and gas lead to poor air quality – which studies have found impacts mental health and increases levels of anxiety and depression.
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