The Burlington section of the Green Mountain Club wants to invite you to our first speaker of our 2024 Taylor Series. Here are the details:
Burlington Section Taylor Series 2024: Taylor Ricketts, Director of UVM's Gund Institute for Environment: "Does being in nature make us happier?"
When: Thursday January 25th, 7:30
Where: Shelburne old Town Hall (at Pierson Library), 5374 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne, VT 05482
Suggested donation: $5 GMC members $8 others
This event is open to everyone. No RSVP needed.
Our speaker is Taylor Ricketts, Director of the Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont and a Shelburne resident.
Taylor's talk asks "Does being in nature make us happier?" If you are a Green Mountain Club member or love being outside, being in nature probably makes us happy. But is that true for everyone? And how big is the effect? What is the actual evidence that time in nature leads to measurable improvements in mental health?
There is a lot of research going on at UVM and elsewhere on this issue, and COVID was a global experiment that has taught us a lot. Taylor will talk about what scientists are learning about the relationship between nature and mental health, using everything from social media to wearable technology to trailhead surveys.
Taylor's research centers on the overarching question: How do we meet the needs of people and nature in an increasingly crowded, changing world? His work has focused on the economic and health benefits provided to people by forests, wetlands, reefs, and other natural areas.
Before arriving at UVM, Taylor led World Wildlife Fund's Conservation Science Program. Taylor is an elected Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Ecological Society of America. Thompson-Reuters has named him one of the world's most cited and influential scientists.
We hope to see you there!
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