This is Jonathan at the SEEDS Sustainability Program. This month we are collaborating with SOCI 420 students in partnership with the Wellness Centre to host a series of Nature’s Prescription workshops. Each of these opportunities provide a chance to engage in a non-academic activity to de-stress and relax, while also learning about a bridge between nature and wellbeing.

I am reaching out because some members of the LFS student community may be interested in joining. If you would like to share with your networks, please find details of the opportunities below. Some include compensation for entry (such as a raffle for a $50 gift-card). Others provide the opportunity to bring home the things you create. The opportunities run between March 9th and March 13th.

I have also attached visuals and fliers for four of the opportunities if those materials are helpful. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for your time and consideration!

Best,

Jonathan Kew
Project Coordinator
SEEDS Sustainability Program
Community Development, Campus and Community Planning,
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus (Musqueam Territory)
Main Office: # 3331 – 3rd Floor CIRS Building 2260 West Mall, Vancouver BC, V6T1Z4 Canada
Cell: 778 892 2171
http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/SEEDS

 

Experience Soundscape Workshop: Reconnect with Nature in this Student Led Research Project

Registration and Contact: soundscape6@outlook.com

Participants will meet at the MOA entrance and complete the ten minute Pre-Survey. We will walk down the steps to the west beach below MOA. At the beach participants will be engaged in several group and individual mindful exercises focusing on the sounds of nature around them. There will be a brief reflection and discussion of their experience after the activity. A ten minute Post Survey will be completed before returning to the MOA.

Once registered by emailing, participants will receive the workshop primary information which will outline meeting date, time and place. Participants are asked to bring clothing appropriate for the weather. They will be asked to fill in surveys at the beginning and end of the workshop.

Date, Time and Location:

Monday, March 9, 2020 10:00am to 12:00pm at Museum of Anthropology (MOA), UBC

 

Painting in the Park Workshop: Reconnect with Nature and Discover Your Inner Artist in this Student-Led Research Project

Registration and Contact: tmckerlich@gmail.com

By participating in this workshop, you will:

• Engage with nature on campus at UBC in a workshop designed by a team of UBC undergraduate students
• Assist in refining nature-based workshop development for the UBC Wellness Center
• Aid UBC undergraduate understanding of the relationship between nature and well-being

Participating in the workshop will require:

• Availability on March 11th from 4:00 – 5:30pm at the UBC Rose Garden

 

Sowing Away Stress Workshop: Plant Away!

Registration and Contact: jalan.vasudha544@gmail.com

By participating in this workshop you will:

• Have the opportunity to experience a nature prescription, designed by a team of UBC undergraduate students
• Be helping to refine nature-based workshops for the UBC Wellness Centre to run in the future
• Assist UBC sociology students to better understand how nature can have positive effects on human well-being
• Be able to plant seeds in a pot and bring it home to care for and to consume
• Learn the benefits of planting and caring for a plant and apply it to any indoor plants you may have in the future
• Engage in a non-academic activity to de-stress and relax
• Have the opportunity to socialize with others and make new friends

This event takes place from:

• March 12th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the UBC Wellness Centre

 

5, 4, 3, 2 ,1… MINDFULNESS Workshop: Reconnect with Nature in This Student-Led Research Project

Registration and Contact: jimena.zas@gmail.com

By participating in this workshop, you will:

• Have the opportunity to experience a nature prescription, designed by a team of UBC undergraduate students.
• Be helping to refine nature-based workshops for the UBC Wellness Centre to run in the future.
• Help UBC undergrads better understand how nature affects human wellbeing.
• Have the opportunity to learn a sensory, grounding technique which has been demonstrated to be an effective mood enhancer and coping mechanism for heightened emotional states such as anxiety, stress, and depression.
• Experience the effects of a simple, natural and effective environmental strategy that promotes wellbeing through the cultivation of a pleasant, positive, and relaxed state of mind.
• Receive a map of UBC in which multiple green spaces on campus are highlighted for future mindfulness practice.

Participating in the workshop will require:

• Attendance at one, half-hour workshop which will take place first in an indoor, and then

an outdoor space at the Marine Drive residence at 3:00 pm on March 13, 2020.

 

Social Media Scavenger Hunt: Student-Led Research Project

Registration and Contact: makescreentimegreentimeubc@gmail.com

instagram: @makescreentimegreentimeubc

By participating in this workshop, you will:

• Have the opportunity to experience a nature prescription, designed by a team of UBC undergraduate students
• Be helping to refine nature-based workshops for the UBC Wellness Centre to run in the future
• Help UBC undergraduate students better understand how nature affects human wellbeing
• Help UBC undergraduate students better understand the relationship between technology and wellbeing
• Provide insight into whether the positive effects of nature can be experienced through social media

Participating in the workshop will require:

• Attendance at a 30 minute instructional meeting on March 10th
• Further participation over the course of 2 days (March 11th and 12th) visiting natural spaces on campus listed on our scavenger hunt checklist, and posting photos to your Instagram story in these spaces, at your own leisure throughout the 2 day period
•        The participant who completes the most scavenger hunt tasks will win a Pela phone case (if multiple participants complete all tasks, then we will draw for the prize at random out of those who have completed all the tasks)
• All participants will be entered into a draw for a $50 gift card to somewhere on campus provided by SEEDS and the UBC Wellness Centre