Research articles:

• Africa, J, Logan, A, Mitchell, R, Korpela, K, Allen, D, Tyrvainen, L, Nisbet, E, Li, Q, Tsunetsugu, Y, Miyazaki, Y, Spengler, J 2014, The Natural Environments Initiative: Illustrative Review and Workshop Statement, NEI Working Group, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston.
• Keniger, L, Gaston, K, Irvine, K & Fuller, R 2013 ‘What are the benefits of interacting with nature?’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 10, pp 913-935. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/3/913/htm
• World Health Organisation (WHO) 2016, Urban green spaces and health: a review of evidence, World Health Organisation, Europe
• Kuo, M 2015, ‘How might contact with nature promote human health? Promising mechanisms and a possible central pathway’, Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 6, viewed 3rd October 2017, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01093/full
• Harper, N, Rose, K, Segal, D, 2019, ‘Nature Based Therapy- a Practioners Guide to working outdoors with Children, Youth and Families’ new society publishers, Canada.
• Lynch, H, Moore, A, 2016, ‘Play as an occupation in occupational therapy’, British Journal of Occupational Therapy.
• Richardson, Miles, 2017/ 2019, ‘Deeper connection with nature’, University of Derby https://www.derby.ac.uk/research/showcase/deeper-connections-with-nature/
• How Children Interact with Nature: Research reveals 7 “interaction patterns” Kahn, et al., 2018: Modeling Child-nature Interaction in a Nature Preschool: A Proof of Concept. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00835/full?fbclid=IwAR3IwzJT-5t7Gqk99IJUWYnWHOk5IF8P6PxqSgQDozadqvV2FY8iO36k0B4

Websites:

• Children and Nature Network: https://www.childrenandnature.org/
• Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions: https://www.6seconds.org/2022/03/13/plutchik-wheel-emotions/

Books:

• Burns, G, 1998, ‘Nature Guided Therapy: Brief Integration Strategies for Health and Wellbeing’, Routledge, New York
• Louv, R, 2005, ‘Last Child in the Woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder’, Atlantic books, London
• Hanscom, A, 2016, ‘Balanced and Barefoot: How unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident and Capable Children’, New Harbinger Publications, Inc, Canada
• Richardson, M., & Butler, C.W. (2022). The nature connection handbook: A guide for increasing people’s connection with nature. United Kingdom. https://findingnatureblog.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/the-nature-connection-handbook.pdf

Influencers:

• Bronwyn Paynter, Nature OT, www.natureot.com.au
• Laura Park-Figeroa, Therapy in the Great Outdoors, www.therapyinthegreatoutdoors.com
• World Federation of Occupational Therapists, http://www.wfot.org/

• My children!