Going Green for Health, Wealth and Joy
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This blog and others by this author have repeatedly stressed
the importance of living in green spaces and of increasing green spaces on our
planet by endeavors such as planting trees and designing cities to include designer green areas http://someitemshave.blogspot.in/2012/06/green-hybrid-city.html. Some of the advantages mentioned
were felt intuitively but were not backed by scientific evidence. All this
changed this month when the results of a new study due to the University of Edinburgh
were published in the journal of Sports Medicine. What the researchers found
was that green spaces lessen brain fatigue with all its attendant benefits. These
benefits include reduced stress and improved mental and physical health.
In another blog of this author (steamcenter.blogspot.com) dealing with technological
matters in layman style, this blogger has stressed the contribution of increasing greenery for
improving the climate on the planet and in the present blog the author has talked
much of the spiritual and economic benefits of increasing forest and other
green cover on the planet as a whole and at the micro level in and around one’s
home and office. Green surroundings are the solace of a weary soul.
The study suggests that right now one should take a break
from whatever one is doing and move to a green space or even view green spaces
from one's home and office windows. If such are not available to you then begin
creating one right now by planting trees by yourself or in a group, or, if you
live in a place where that is not quite possible, begin planning getting out of
it as soon as possible to another where it is possible; either that or start saving for a doc or
shrink and some more handkerchiefs for a tearful sobbing life of pain and sorrow. If you choose
a fruit/food tree plant then you would contribute towards the dwindling food resources on the planet too..
This blogger does not wish to insist that anyone should
necessarily increase peace, joy and happiness in their lives if they do not
wish to. Adults are free to live as they wish to as long as they do not disturb others, but he does urge
them strongly to avoid poor mental and physical health as well as sorrow and
tears because that is something that costs the society as a whole, and this
post mentions the easiest and perhaps the only way to get there. If one thinks
one can find joy by living in barren deserts or others filled by city noises, concrete and
artificial lighting then that is wishful thinking indeed
If governments and policy making bodies think that climatic natural disasters or unemployment rates can be reduced by reducing the forest cover and other green spaces on our planet then a major rethink is in order. Older posts in this blog have shown how millions of green jobs may be created within a few years in any country.
Prefer the song of birds and of gurgling brooks to the usual noise of the city. The former has shaped human psyche for thousands of years while the latter may ruin it in a few.
If governments and policy making bodies think that climatic natural disasters or unemployment rates can be reduced by reducing the forest cover and other green spaces on our planet then a major rethink is in order. Older posts in this blog have shown how millions of green jobs may be created within a few years in any country.
The photo shows the trees in the backyard of the author's home, visible from the back windows. The front is greener. There are photos of that in older posts of this blog if you care to scroll through. All of the trees were planted by the author. When he moved into the area some quarter century ago it was barren. Besides his home, he has planted trees on the street and parks of the residential area he lives in as well as the offices he has worked in too. This link and reference here is to a blog post from one of the offices this author has worked in http://aits-nainital.blogspot.in/2010/05/tree-plantation-marks-observance-of_06.html
I guess one should practice what one preaches :)
I guess one should practice what one preaches :)
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