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[FINLAND] Age Matters! Seminar Highlights Research on Ageing
The Age Matters! seminar on 22–23 May 2025 at Tampere University, Finland, brought together scholars from social sciences, humanities, and cultural studies to explore contemporary questions related to age and ageing. This interdisciplinary event...
BARCELONA – Global Summit of Science, Nature and Health – Diputació de Barcelona – Forest Therapy Hub
A free seminar open to all, co-organized by the Diputació de Barcelona and Forest Therapy Hub, an international event featuring cutting-edge multidisciplinary research, practical expertise, and immersive nature-based practices with indoor and...
BARCELONA – Conscious Cities Design Festival « Spaces that Move (Us): Fostering Physical, Emotional, & Social Engagement in Public Spaces »
As part of the Conscious Cities Design Festival, ISGlobal hosted a ”Conscious Barcelona event” with six inspiring speakers discussing how urban spaces can enhance well-being, highlighting the role of green infrastructure and the growing impact of...
Social Prescribing Day
Happy Social Prescribing Day from the RECETAS team to you! Today, March 20, 2025, is Social Prescribing Day. But what is Social Prescribing? Social Prescribing is a method consisting of connecting people to non-medical support to address issues...
MARSEILLE – movie/debate night around the documentary « Long live germs » with journalist Marie-Monique Robin
Long live germs! More than ever, the links between biodiversity and health are at the forefront of current affairs, and the health benefits of contact with nature are widely recognized. RECETAS is partnering with Biodiversanté to organize a...
BARCELONA – Presentations in Front of Health and Social Departments of Catalonia
RECETAS team in Barcelona presented the encouraging results of the CRONISOL project, in front of key authorities from Catalonia’s health and social departments. Adapted from the Friends in nature intervention developed within the RECETAS project,...
Striving to Connect
Can Science find ways to ease loneliness? RECETAS is featured in Science Magazine ! AAAS "RECETAS pulls together several elements suggested from previous research to promote connection" and "adapts elements of an intervention developed nearly 20...
RECETAS featured in French newspaper: L’Express
Broken lives and premature death: how did loneliness become a sanitary emergency? This article from L'Express, a recognized French newspaper, explores how loneliness became a top priority topic during these past few years, both for the public and...
RECETAS featured in French newspaper Le Monde
"Nature is a green lung that boosts our health" What if we adopted the 3-30-300 rule imagined by Dutch urbanist Cecil Konijnendijk? Every citizen should be able to see at least three trees from their home, live in an area with at least 30% of green...
RECETAS featured in a BBC article!
Bat-watching, beach explorations and 'sniff' walks: How nature can provide a tonic for loneliness, an article by Julia Hotz, on 27 December 2024. The importance of nature of one's health: Interactions with nature, such as forest bathing, have been...
Hippocrate’s Gardens Trophies: our team in Marseille wins a Regional Award!
Marseille's University Hospitals (APHM (Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Marseille) proudly received the Hippocrate's Gardens Trophy in the regional category for South of France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region). A reward for their innovative...
Addressing loneliness in the European Union
On 21 November 2024, RECETAS Coordinator Pr Jill Litt takes part of a Public Hearing organized as a follow-up to the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) pilot project on "Loneliness in the European Union"....
INTERNATIONAL – Sharing Our Methodology – RECETAS at ICUH 2024
At the International Conference for Urban Health (ICUH) hosted in Morocco by the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH), RECETAS Project Assistant Laura Hidalgo López presented our Protocol for co-creating nature-based social prescription...
MARSEILLE – Departmental Congress on the Battle against Loneliness
On November 8, 2024, Marseille's RECETAS teams attended the Departmental Congress on the Battle against Loneliness (Assises départementales de Lutte contre l'Isolement), recalling a strong commitment of the Département des Bouches-du-Rhône...
European Public Health Conference – Lisboa
[TAKING ACTION] Adressing Public Health Issues in the European Union RECETAS Coordinator Pr Jill Litt took part in the exchanges of the European Public Health Conference, November 12-15, 2024, to present the RECETAS project and present the...
RECETAS won a SilverEco Ageing Well International Award!
The SilverEco International Festival gathers stakeholders from the global silver economy and Innovators specializing from mobile tech to mental health solutions. On September 16-17, 2024, RECETAS coordinator Jill Litt and...
CUENCA – 2nd Meeting with Nature for an Inclusive Aging
The RECETAS team in Cuenca co-organised a gathering to highlight nature-based services and projects for older adults, developed by the Universidad de Cuenca and the Consejo de Salud. Carried out at the Botanical Garden of the City of Cuenca, this...
An « Epidemic » of Loneliness? The Challenges Surrounding Vulnerable Groups
The World Mental Health Day, on 10 October 2024, provides an opportunity to revisit the issue of individuals facing socio-economic vulnerabilities. These people may experience multiple vulnerabilities and face discrimination, which can impact...
The Connection Cure
📚✨ Event Alert! ✨📚 Join us for an inspiring session on the power of social prescribing from the hand of the RECETAS Project! 🌿🤝We are thrilled to welcome author Julia Holtz alongside health...
Loneliness Awareness Week
Tackling Loneliness through nature-based solutions: at RECETAS, we take #RandomActsofConnection outside From June 10 to 16, we celebrate Loneliness Awareness Week, which aims at raising awareness about loneliness and its impact on mental...
News – Article HaDEA
RECETAS featured in HaDEA's new article: "European Mental Health Awareness Week: Horizon 2020 promotes natural spaces in cities to combat loneliness" In light of #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek , RECETAS has been featured in an article by the European...
Your 2024 resolution should be to seek nature spots in your city
Nature is being harnessed in the EU to improve the wellbeing of city dwellers, including people suffering from loneliness.
Spotlight on… Dr. Alexandre Daguzan – Marseille Public University Hospital System
Each month, we highlight experts working with us. This month, it’s Dr. Alexandre Daguzan from Marseille Public University Hospital System turn to speak up!
Spotlight on… Dr Nerkez Opacin – RMIT University
Each month, we highlight experts working with us. This month, it’s Nerkez Opacin, Research Fellow at RMIT University, turn to speak up!
