🍁 John Zelenski

Two new RCT articles out testing nature-based wellbeing interventions against the most popular Positive Psychology Intervention: 3 Good Things. In both studies, nature-based interventions boosted wb without spending more time in nature, & boosted unique aspects of wb.
nmil.ca/pubs/article...

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@mindingthebrain.bsky.social episode: @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews @johnzelenski.bsky.social and Dan Rubinstein about the psychological benefits of being out in nature. mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/10/01/e... @carleton.ca @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social
@mindingthebrain.bsky.social

The 2025 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100 Marvel at the beauty of birds and learn the stories behind our favorite images from this year’s contests—featuring, for the first time, photographers from Chile and Colombia.

#BirdLinks
www.audubon.org/magazine/202...

Ontario’s Post-Secondary Education Crisis in Five Figures | The Local Stagnant provincial funding, a domestic tuition freeze, cuts to international students, and expensive capital projects—the numbers behind the emergency in higher education.

This is an excellent analysis of what has been happening to post-secondary education in Ontario. It succinctly describes how the tuition cut and freeze by Ford directly lead to the explosion of international students, and how under funded ON universities are.

thelocal.to/ontario-post...

8 Ottawa neighbourhoods urgently need more trees. Here's where they are | CBC News As part of the inaugural 'tree equity' analysis, city staff have identified eight priority areas across the city where more trees are badly needed.

Yes, we urgently need more trees here, and it seems like we are losing them faster than new ones are planted. @arieltroster.com

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Green space helped avert pandemic depression, research confirms | CBC News People age 50 and older who lived near green spaces were less likely to develop depression during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new national study.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What makes GOOD evidence? A perspective from environmental professionals. authors.elsevier.com/c/1leNC5Ce0r...

Just in time for a course revision!

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Nature Relatedness Usefully Links Well-Being, the Environment, and Sustainability.
The title says it all.
Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access).
@hapassmore.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
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The end of an era: Last feline from Parliament Hill cat colony dies | CBC News After putting his name furrward for prime minister and bringing joy to millions of people, the last feline from the beloved former cat colony on Parliament Hill has died.

I guess this is the final end of this story. Many pleasant memories of these cats on the hill...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

This morning I talked about the benefits of adding some nature to your day on 730 CKNW in Vancouver.
You can listen to the segment here:
open.spotify.com/episode/7mUK...

The Signal | We are nature. So why aren't we more connected to it? Today on the show three psychology experts talk about the importance of the connection to nature - the real impacts of wellbeing, what does 'connecting to na...

We are nature. So why aren't we more connected to it?

Dr. Holli-Anne Passmore, Dr. Loraine Lavallee, and Dr. Natalia Cooper appeared on The Signal with Adam Walsh on CBC in St. John's on June 12th, the first day of #CPA2025

See the whole fascinating discussion on YouTube:

It was a pleasure to speak with Dana Milbank for this story, and another pleasure to read about his recent nature experiences.

Composite image of three different views of the World Happiness Report Data Dashboard, alongside the URL data.worldhappiness.report.

👀 Want to compare Costa Rica and Cambodia, or take a look at Libya and Luxembourg? How about examining Ecuador and Estonia?

Dive into our open-access Happiness Dashboard, powered by Gallup, and explore global #wellbeing data over the past two decades.👇
data.worldhappiness.report

Yes, well worth a listen!

Over the weekend, we impounded a sheep that had been at large in the Osgoode area. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful thus far. If you are missing your sheep, please call 3-1-1. You will be required to provide a description of the animal. #OttCity

Do you know anyone who is missing a sheep?!?

SIPS 10 Year Anniversary 2025 This year we are proudly celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)! SIPS is a service organisation aiming to promote higher quality, mor…

🎂 This year, we celebrate the 🔟th anniversary of The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)!🥳 🎉

In a blog post, we discuss:
✨ Brief history of SIPS,
✨ SIPS achievements,
✨ Reflections on what we have achieved and what the future holds!

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#PsychSciSky

Calendar for the month of May with daily tips for well-being, designed for educators

Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you reconnect with the natural world and inspire wonder in your school community. 🌿

Download the clickable calendar with daily tips here:
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... #EduSky 🤗

It may be possible to connect with nature a bit too much. (Yet this sounds like a nice contribution--thanks Tim.)

Well-deserved! Congratulations Andrea!!!

Want to support organized peer review of preprints in psychology? Sign up to become a reviewer or recommender (associate editor) of PCI Psychology here: psych.peercommunityin.org/default/user...

The Climate Question - Could a love of nature bring out the eco-hero in you? - BBC Sounds Research suggests that the more time we spend in nature, the more we try to protect it

It was a pleasure to chat with Graihagh Jackson about nature, well-being, and sustainability for The Climate Question on BBC World.
There are also stories about connecting with nature, with conservation education for kids in Kenya and a South African VR company.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This looks like fun, and the City Nature Challenge happens many places --not just Ottawa!

If you want scholarly publishing to be more aligned with scholarly values, then try out Lifecycle Journal.

If you embrace transparency, then you can do your research in the Lifecycle Journal without risking publishing in the existing system if you later decide to do so. A🧵

lifecyclejournal.org

The Jack Pine
Tom Thomson
1916-1917

A newly-planted tree 

#OttCity’s Plant Your Place! program kicks off today, March 31. You can now apply to receive a free tree for your property.
Help us build a greener, more sustainable future because tomorrow takes root today.
Find out more: envirocentre.ca/plant-your-p...

University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada has not 1, not 2, but THREE TT psychology positions!

Indigenous and/or Black scholar, open area
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

Applied social and Open area teaching
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

Come join us!

Seed sales blossoming as gardeners try to avoid U.S. produce | CBC News Local seed suppliers say they have seen an increase in sales and suspect Ottawans are increasingly planting their own gardens as a way to supplement their grocery lists amid Canada's ongoing trade war...

My backyard veggie garden was by far the best part of COVID adjustments. I hope others discover this joy from our current challenges. 🍁
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Neat idea! I have not played any role in developing this, just playing with it, yet I think you are correct in thinking it is geared towards names rather than topics.

Me too! A helpful read for many here...