Short messages on Environmental issues from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
Garden group by Natascha M
You can start ecotherapy on your own or with a group. Sessions often include some type of formal therapy, such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or other talking treatment. You can find activities near you through the online Ecotherapy Directory (http://bit.ly/28ncBk5).
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Walking Between Trees by Stanley Zimny
People join ecotherapy programmes because it can improve mental and physical health, develops your social life, build your confidence, strengthen your connection with nature and help you practise mindfulness.
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Garden group by Natascha M
Ecotherapy: “It gives me structure, makes me utilise the daylight and get out of bed. It gives me something outside of myself to nurture and look after and that helps me to better look after myself.”
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Walking Between Trees by Stanley Zimny
Ecotherapy can improve your mental and physical wellbeing through doing outdoor activities, by working in nature, such as a conservation project, gardening or farming, or by experiencing nature, such as enjoying the views on a walk or cycling through some woodland.
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Water Impact 0 by (Henningklevjer) - (Henningklevjer). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Water_Impact_0.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Water_Impact_0.jpg
‘Soft’ water lathers well with soap, leaving your hair, skin, clothes and dishes softer and cleaner, although you’ll have to rinse more.
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Stopcock water pipe valve by Joydeep
‘Hard’ water contains more minerals than ‘soft’ water. It leads to limescale build-up in appliances, and you need to use more detergent when washing things.
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Tidying room by Andy McDowall
Each year in the UK households throw away almost 29 million tonnes of waste – the same as 4.3 million African Elephants.
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Autumn road image by valiunic
Each tonne of paper recycled is the equivalent of keeping 24 trees, helping to reduce toxic emissions.
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Radiator heating by Bios
A third of all the heat lost in an uninsulated home goes through the walls. If your house is older than the 1990’s it may not have any wall insulation at all.
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Radiator heating by Bios
Loft insulation: up to a quarter of your home’s heat escapes through the roof; you can solve this by laying mineral wool under the rafters.
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