Connecting People to Nature- Top 10 Examples -

By Mike McClure

Criteria

• Top 10 best ways to connect with nature

– Best = most simple and inexpensive way to achieve largest

impact for longest period of time

– Impact = ability to change perspective

– Nature = anything relating to the outdoors

#10

• Host business meetings outside

#9

• Build offices with more windows and open air spaces

#8

• Sit silently under a tree for 10min

#7

• Take someone backpacking for the first time

#6

• Take children camping

#5

• Encourage people to take 1:1 meetings while walking / hiking outdoors

#4

• Get people to place a symbol of nature on their desk (e.g. pine cone, rock, plant, petrified wood, etc.)

#3

• Paint beautiful outdoor-themed murals in NYC metro stations

#2

• Place a potted flower near the sink / mirror of all public restrooms

#1

• Host a trip to Yosemite for 10 non-outdoorsy people