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Good nature

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RSA House and Online

  • Environment
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Social innovation
  • Science

The new science of how nature improves health, happiness and longevity.

Join us at the RSA and discover groundbreaking insights on how direct interactions with nature - seeing, smelling, and touching - can dramatically improve physical health. Learn how cedar boosts your immune system, pine scent calms your heart rate, and even a simple spider plant can enhance your gut health.

Professor Kathy Willis, a leading expert in biodiversity and former Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, will guide you through these discoveries. Kathy’s insights show us how to integrate nature into our daily lives for better health. Whether you live in the city or the countryside, you’ll leave equipped with actionable strategies to harness nature’s power to transform your health and well-being.

  • Chair: Dr Joanna Choukeir is Director of Design & Innovation at the RSA
  • Speaker: Kathy Willis is Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, Principal of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, and author of Good Nature.

Note: this event will take place at RSA House and will be live-streamed online - please ensure to register for the correct ticket type to avoid disappointment.

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