What does happiness have to do with nature? Lessons from a day of lectures at the Pando Populus conference for an ecological civilization

1. What’s nature got to do
with my happiness?
And why smelling the flowers is so
important.

2. Spending time in nature
helps you because...

3. your brain works better
better memory
longer attention span

4. you feel happier

5. even if there is rain, dirt & mosquitoes
in all likelihood
your memory of your experience in nature
will make you
happier

6. you get a sense of
meaning for life

7. you feel connected
to nature
to other people on our planet
to all beings

8. you feel inspired &
(re)invigorated
to do good work
to help others

9. So do you have to drop
everything and spend a
two weeks backpacking to
get the benefits?

10. No

11. It’s really about
incorporating nature into
your everyday life

12. Thoughtfully

13. Little things count

14. Eat dinner in the backyard

15. Bring your paperwork outside

16. Live with plants
in the office
at home
everywhere!

17. Pin it up!
if you can’t put plants in your space (or have
a black thumb) put up posters of nature
around you
and on laptop’s your screen saver
and on your phone’s wall paper

18. Appreciate the beauty
on a walk
as the seasons change
everywhere!

19. What other ways can you bring
nature into your life?

20. How Happy Are You?
Take Gross National Happiness Index
happycounts.org