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Health Humanities and Nature based therapies: Nature therapy, forest bathing and other materials

This guide serves as a resource site for materials concerning health humanities, and nature therapy

Nature-based therapy events

Welcome to the Health Science Center Libraries Wilderness Walk and photography activities.

We welcome you to submit images of nature taken locally. Stay tuned for ongoing actives!

Upcoming (and past) events

October 21, 2024, 5:30 PM Forest bathing nature walk. Meet at the Field and Fork Building near the Bat Houses.

March 25, 2024, 6PM Forest bathing nature walk. Meet at the Field and Fork Building near the Bat Houses.

Past events:

February 6, 2024, 11:00 AM. Virtual and in person Campus Nature Walk- for the in person, meet at the Library Circulation Desk on the Communicore First Floor.

November 16, 2023 at Noon.  Virtual and in person Campus Nature Walk- for the inperson, meet at the Library Circulation Desk on the Communicore First Floor.

February 28, 2023 Campus Nature Walk with the HSCL! This Finals Week, take a break to walk around campus and Gainesville.  

 

Materials on Natural Areas in the Gainesville Region

Attached is a guide to parks and natural areas on the UF campus and in the larger Gainesville area.  Enjoy!  And watch out for fire ants, enjoy snakes from a distance (if you are lucky enough to see one- they try to avoid contact with humans), and watch where you walk!

 

Nature and health on College Campuses

Look into activities offered by colleges and universities in the Campus Nature Rx Network, including University of Florida

Nature on the UF Campus

 

Some images of nature in the attached pdf to be found on different parts of the UF campus during the time of COVID-19.

 

Self-Guided: Forest bathing and nature walks

These documents describe a form of forest bathing with associated writing activities.

 

 

 

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