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Your Brain on Nature: Forest Bathing and Reduced Stress by Eva Selhub and Alan Logan.   http://www.motherearthnews.com/natural-health/forest-bathing-ze0z1301zgar.aspx

Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me in the Morning by Florence Williams http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/wellness/Take-Two-Hours-of-Pine-Forest-and-Call-Me-in-the-Morning.html

‘Forest therapy’ taking root by Akemi Nakamura http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/05/02/national/forest-therapy-taking-root/#.VOlWBi5Bdf0

The AJ List: 20 Inspiring Quotes from John Muir by brendan leonard http://www.adventure-journal.com/2013/10/the-aj-list-20-inspiring-quotes-from-john-muir/

Books related to this topic:

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv

Forests, Trees and Human Health by Kjell Nilsson (Editor), Marcus Sangster (Editor), Christos Gallis (Editor), Terry Hartig (Editor), Sjerp de Vries (Editor)

Forest Medicine (Public Health in the 21st Century) by Qing Li (Author, Editor)

 

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