BlueHealth

📢 Calling wild swimmers, surfers and paddlers who use the @sascampaigns app across the UK! Can you take part in our Sea User Health Survey to help us find out if pollution alerts reduce people’s exposure to waterborne infections from coastal water? ▶️bit.ly/sea-user-healt…

Latest @BlueHealthEU study in the @SocietyGuardian this week #MentalHealth #Nature #Water theguardian.com/society/2022/o…

@Wilczynskanna Congratulations, Anna!

I finally defended my #PhD :) ! I wrote about #grassroots and #bottomup initiatives, their forms, functions and meanings for #urban #culture, #nature and #inhabitants. Thank you everyone for such a great support! 🎉

18 country study concludes that adults with better mental health are more likely to report spending time around coastal waters, rivers and lakes as children. Full story: exeter.ac.uk/news/research/… @exeterpsych @ECEHH #MentalHealthAwareness #mentalhealth

18-country #BlueHealth research shows that spending time in and around #coasts, #rivers and #lakes as a child can build an intrinsic love of #nature, which helps promote better #MentalHealth in adulthood bit.ly/3SWiIbi @ExeterMed @dip_psi

This #WorldOceansDay, listen to @BlueHealthEU experts Drs Mathew White & @JoGarrett4 talk about the health benefits that blue spaces can bring to your life. youtube.com/watch?v=jM48kK…

BlueHealth researcher and project manager @JamesGrellier will talking about how blue spaces can improve our #health and #wellbeing this evening at the Highcliffe Cafe Scientifique. Free online talk - details at cafescientifiquehighcliffe.org.uk

Watch this short film by @t_l_mcintosh made for his BA in @MNHPFalmouth all about his lived experience of @BlueHealthEU.

Virtual @BlueHealthEU and nature experiences can improve mood, including watching decent nature documentaries

Spending time in nature can boost our mental health but can experiencing nature digitally have a similar impact? PhD student, Alex Smalley, has been exploring this alongside the @BBC. 🎧 Spotify ex.ac.uk/crv 🎧 Apple Podcasts ex.ac.uk/cqM #MHAW

Save our #oceans to save our health! Scientists propose first steps of united global plan. Communities, policy makers, business & others must find powerful new ways to foster a step change in #publichealth: bit.ly/3w6TsmA @ECEHH @EMarineBoard @BlueHealthEU

What do outdoor #BlueSpaces do for people with SMI? Our amazing guests are on a fascinating journey to find the answer & act on it. #ResearchSofa @SamanthaLucy12 Prof Kim Wright @mdcexeter #BipolarDisorder @YorkEnvironment @YESIUoY @mentalhealth youtu.be/OdhtkemmuHE

On May 20th, @WHO_Europe will launch an overview report on #nature, #biodiversity and #health led by @ECEHH's @benedictwheeler + @becca_lovell. How will protecting natural resources benefit human health? Join the webinar @ who.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #ECEHBonn #ForNature

Episode 3 of our podcast #SoundWaves is now live on our Soundcloud! Click the link in our bio to listen to Maddi and Rebecca's fascinating interview with Dr. Grellier and Dr. Elliot from the University of Exeter. You won't want to miss this one!

How do you make nature more inclusive ? Join @SarahBell85 for this @SW_EEP webinar to explore ideas and opportunities to develop and promote #sociallyinclusive multisensory #nature #experiences #10yearsECEHH #decadeofdiscovery us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

@By_TheSeaside Cool - but where is the SoundCloud link??

We have wonderful news - our FIRST podcast episode, brought to you by our learning and engagement hosts Maddi and Rebecca, is published on our website and on SoundCloud NOW! Go to our SoundCloud link in our bio to listen to the funny and insightful introduction to #SoundWaves 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It is a happy day here at #ByTheSeaside - we are opening in-person on May 7th! If you live in Scotland, head to the Scottish Fisheries website (in our bio!) to book your timed tickets. PC: Findhorn Village, Moray Postcard, c. 1980s. Printed and published by J. Arthur Dixon Ltd.

Happiest countries are those most connected to #nature: new results from @BlueHealthEU paper in @SciReports. Led by researchers at @ExeterMed nature.com/articles/s4159…

New study by researchers @BlueHealthEU finds #VirtualReality #naturenvironments offer an opportunity for people with #memoryloss. Many expressed amazement and wonder at the feeling of being immersed in #nature @ExeterMed @Ruth_Garside ecehh.org/news/virtual-r…

This Sunday - look out for our own @JamesGrellier taking a very chilly dip on @BBCCountryfile, valiantly highlighting the benefits of #bluehealth! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… @ECEHH @UniofExeter @UniExeCornwall @BlueHealthEU @Blue_Gym