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Biophilia in the workplace: A pilot project for a living wall using an interactive parametric design approach

Architecture and Engineering
Introduction: Workplace outcomes are significant not only for productivity and profitability but also for the value of the process and the experience elements involved in reaching these objectives.
A. Assem, Doaa K. Hassan
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Anthropological Encounters with Economic Development and Biodiversity Conservation [PDF]

Current debates on the ecological crisis and on shared responsibilities for the maintenance of the earth's commons raise fundamental anthropological questions, but anthropologists have yet to engage fully with them, or with the paradigm of sustainable ...
Laura Rival (ODID)
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Building a Better Kottman [PDF]

, 2014
Course Code: ENR 2367This project proposes building design principles for the structure that will replace the current Kottman Hall. Ideas center around various aspects of biophilic design and their numerous physical and psychological benefits.Academic ...
Gordon, Alyssa, Greenslade, Elizabeth, Maurer, Hannah, Ryan, James   +3 more
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Psychology and Sustainability, Homo Technicusand Slow Tech [PDF]

, 2019
Psychology and Sustainability, Homo Technicus and Slow TechIn previous issues of Visions for Sustainabilitywe have often published papers that consider the relationship between psychology and sustainability.
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Why Nature is Good to Think, Feel and Live by in the Joban Divine Speeches: Some Psychological Perspectives on the Worth of Exposure to Wild Animals

Old Testament Essays, 2017
The Biophilia Hypothesis has emphasised our innate attraction to the natural world, where we come from. Modern psychologies (e.g. developmental, emotional and environmental) have built on this and have highlighted the worth of being exposed to nature ...
Hendrik Viviers
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The Neurobiophilia Index

Buildings
This paper aims to establish the Neurobiophilia Index, a quantitative tool to assess environmental enrichment at the architectural scale based on neurobiological evidence. Using a literature review followed by an expert opinion workshop and deliberations,
Mohamed Hesham Khalil, Koen Steemers
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A Case for Developing Spiritual Intelligence in Leaders through Equine Facilitated Learning [PDF]

, 2015
Unpredictable circumstances, growing stresses in an ever-increasing global market, and ubiquitous ennui have left organizations and today’s leaders in government, industry, and academia without the necessary tools to transition to change in a principled ...
Gunnlaugson, Olen, Maziere, Cora
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Spartan Daily, Febuary 3, 2015 [PDF]

, 2015
Volume 144, Issue 4https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/1546/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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ENVIRONMENTAL SURROUNDINGS AND PERSONAL WELL-BEING IN URBAN CHINA [PDF]

We examine the relationship between atmospheric pollution, water pollution, traffic congestion, access to parkland and personal well-being using a survey administered across six Chinese cities in 2007.
Chunyong Tang, Ingrid Nielsen, Juyong Zhang, Qingguo Zhai, Russell Smyth, Tiemin Liu, Yin Liu, Zhihong Wang, Zuxiang Wang   +8 more
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Protecting urban wildlife fauna, fighting zoonoses, and preventing biophobia in Brazil

Frontiers in Conservation Science
Biophobia has increased worldwide, particularly in high-income countries, leading to the loss of natural interactions and fewer health and wellbeing benefits for humans and animals.
Louise Bach Kmetiuk, Christina Pettan-Brewer, Vivien Midori Morikawa, Vanessa Negrini, Wagner Antonio Chiba de Castro, Paulo Maiorka, Alexander Welker Biondo   +6 more
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