« 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 surface, and be less than 300 meters away from a green space.
This recent article from French newspaper Le Monde revisits evidence that nature benefits one’s physical and mental health. In 2018, a british study evaluated the links between the prevalence of depression symptoms and access to green spaces. The study followed 94 879 adults from age 37 to 79. The result was that adults living in the greener area had a risk of suffering from depression reduced by 13% compared to those living in a less green area.
According to Mathilde Pascal, from Santé Publique France (Public Health France), if cities implemented in every neighbourhood as much green spaces that there are in their greenest areas, mortality would drop by 3 to 7%.
RECETAS is highlighted in this article, especially our Marseille-based research team, and their work focusing on economically vulnerable adults, often subjected to stigmatization. With RECETAS, they participate every week to group activities in nature : walks in the Calanques, plant gathering, visits of the Frioul island, gardening, etc. « We can already see a reduction of stress and anxiety among participants. »
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