(Margaret Gallagher/ CBC News) — A regular dose of nature could be a potent prescription for reducing pandemic-related stress in heath-care workers.
That’s what the B.C. Parks Foundation is hoping to accomplish with the launch of its Nature Therapy Campaign. The program aims to provide up to 10,000 health-care workers with free, guided “forest bathing” sessions.
“I think everyone this year has appreciated two amazing things that have kept us healthy — our health-care workers and our parks or natural areas,” says B.C. Parks Foundation executive director Andy Day.
“Both have done an amazing job of giving British Columbians a sense of well-being and peace, and that things are being taken care of. So we wanted to give back to both of those things.” (…)