Further resources
Here are some links to help you to find other guides, organisations and information about nature connection.
Please note, the links provided take you offsite, are just some of what’s out there, and don’t guarantee endorsements.
If you find a broken link or would like to recommend one, please send me an email.
If you’re interested to read up on the peer-reviewed research into nature therapy, visit the Questions page.
Follow up resources on Nature Connection
Nature Nurtures - Outdoor Wellbeing Event Springboards (Friends of Barambah EEC)
Nature connection take home booklet (4 page pdf) from Sunshine Coast Libraries lifelong learning & U3A Sunshine Coast programs
5 Pathways to Nature Connectedness postcard (2 page pdf) from University of Derby, their Nature Connection Handbook for practitioners (39 page pdf) and their free online course Nature Connectedness: For a New Relationship With Nature (20 hours)
Other guides & similar programs in South East Queensland
Heartwood Nature Bathing (Magandjin, Brisbane)
Drop into Nature (Magandjin, Brisbane)
Trek 2 Reconnect (Yugumbeh, Scenic Rim)
Three Little Birds Nature Therapy (Bundjalung, Northern NSW)
With Nature Counselling (Kabi Kabi, Noosa)
Quests, facilitation: Wild and Wise Tribe (Kabi Kabi, Sunshine Coast), Three Rivers Initiative, Dynamic Groups (Jinibara, Sunshine Coast)
DIY nature therapy walks in Brisbane Bowen Bridge Heritage Trail, Victoria Park Go Slow for a Mo’
Nature Journaling workshops and resources PaperbarkWriter, Journaling with Nature, Petra Meer Arts
see also Back to Nature (ABC TV 30 minute episodes)
Nature therapy organisations
Find guides elsewhere in Australia & the world with the
Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guided Directory, Forest Therapy Hub, Forest Bathing Finder, International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance
Related modalities and resources for climate, extinction grief & Earth emotions
ABC explainer article: The danger of climate grief lies in the fact it is often ignored
The Work that Reconnects (Joanna Macy’s deep ecology movement) & Active Hope (free online course - “How to face the mess we’re in without going crazy”)
What to do with dread and anxiety about climate change from Greater Good Magazine (psychology explained for general public and resources for educators)
Resources for working with climate emotions (from Gen Dread & All We Can Save Project)
Psychology for a Safe Climate (Australian. Support facing the reality of the climate emergency and find climate-aware practitioners)
Climate Psychology Alliance (to find psychologists who are prepared to face the difficult truths about climate change and ecological crisis)
Climate Awakening (climate emotions conversations)
Deep Adaptation (community for embodying and enabling loving responses to our predicament)
Teaching Psychology for Sustainability (resources for general public and educators)
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