{"id":348,"date":"2020-10-29T11:07:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T09:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/phenomenaofarcticnature\/?post_type=lesson&p=348"},"modified":"2023-08-15T09:07:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T06:07:16","slug":"green-care","status":"publish","type":"lesson","link":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/phenomenaofarcticnature\/lesson\/green-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Well-being from Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Outi K\u00e4hk\u00f6nen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Have you noticed that spending time in nature improves the mood, calms down or makes you more active?<\/p>\n

Nature has various positive impacts on physical, mental and social well-being and health.\u00a0Being in nature\u00a0lowers blood pressure, reduces pre-existing stress levels and promotes relaxation, improves people\u2019s overall mood, encourages physical exercise and an active way of living, facilitates social contacts\u00a0and provides opportunities for personal development.<\/p>\n

The positive impacts appear when spending time in nature. Everyone can implement nature-based activities and methods. Nature and rural environments offer many opportunities for tourism services and businesses year round. In addition, activities and services can be developed, implemented and certified purposely to maintain and improve human well-being and quality of life. These are called Green Care services<\/p>\n

Read more about the conceptual framework and the different approaches in the\u00a0 publication Green Care: A Conceptual Framework.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Here you can see the basic elements of Finnish Green Care working methods and preconditions.<\/p>\n