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Category Archives: Environment

Short messages on Environmental issues from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
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21
Aug

Try birdwatching share

You can try birdwatching by hanging a bird feeder outside a window, or if there’s space and you have permission, you could build a small wooden nesting box on a tree or under a windowsill.

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Posted: Rich@RespectYourself   |   Categories: Anxiety/Stress, Environment, Mental health
20
Aug

Look out for wildlife share

To help connect with animals, you can watch out for wildlife. If you don’t live near open countryside, try visiting a local park to look for squirrels, fish, insects, ducks and other birds. Visit a local community or city farm and help out by volunteering.

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Posted: Rich@RespectYourself   |   Categories: Anxiety/Stress, Environment, Mental health
13
Aug

Help the environment share

You can get out into nature and help the environment by going on a litter-picking walk, volunteering for a conservation project, planting helpful seeds such as berry bushes for garden birds or flowers to help bees, or building an animal habitat.

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Posted: Rich@RespectYourself   |   Categories: Anxiety/Stress, Diet and exercise, Environment, Mental health
12
Aug

Free your mind in nature share

Hill walking or camping can help to reduce depression and anxiety. When out in nature, you will be focused on staying warm, fed, watered, and knowing where you are, leaving your mind free of daily stresses so you can spend your time being in the moment.

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Posted: Rich@RespectYourself   |   Categories: Anxiety/Stress, Diet and exercise, Environment, Mental health
05
Aug

Stay safe outside share

If you’re going out on your own for longer than you usually would, or walking somewhere you don’t know well, plan ahead and keep safety in mind. Let someone know where you’re going and for how long, and take a fully charged ‘phone with you.

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Posted: Rich@RespectYourself   |   Categories: Diet and exercise, Environment
04
Aug

Spend more time outside share

If you want to spend more time outside, you can eat a picnic in the garden or a park, watch the stars, let the outdoors inspire you creatively such as drawing or poems, or find things to see and touch, like grass under your feet or the feeling of wind.

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Posted: Rich@RespectYourself   |   Categories: Diet and exercise, Environment
28
Jul

Try more outdoor activities share

If you want to try more activities outside, you can do geocaching, beachcombing, woodland trails, local walking/rambling groups, or regular exercise such as yoga or jogging in a park.

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Posted: Rich@RespectYourself   |   Categories: Diet and exercise, Environment
27
Jul

Make a garden for your desk share

You can use a glass jar to make a mini garden (“terrarium”) for your desk, using plants, soil, stones and anything else you’d like to include. Some people like to add seashells, or plastic toys or figurines.

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Posted: Rich@RespectYourself   |   Categories: Environment
20
Jul

Surround yourself with nature share

You can take photos of your favourite places in nature to use as backgrounds on a mobile phone or computer screen, or print and put them up on your walls. Try listening to natural sounds, like recordings or apps that play birdsong, ocean waves or rainfall.

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Posted: Rich@RespectYourself   |   Categories: Environment
19
Jul

Bring nature inside share

If you want to bring nature inside, you can: buy flowers or potted plants for your home; collect natural materials like leaves, seeds and bark to decorate your living space; arrange a space to sit by a window; grow plants or flowers on windowsills.

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Posted: Rich@RespectYourself   |   Categories: Environment
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