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The Theistic Argument from Beauty: A Philonian Critique [PDF]

, 2013
In this paper I consider an understudied form of the design argument which focuses on the beauty of the natural world and which argues, on that basis, that the world requires a divine Artist in order to explain its beauty.
Brian, Ribeiro
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Biophilia, Biodiversity, and the Bible

Religions, 2021
For all its anthropocentric focus on human agency in history and creation, the Hebrew Bible’s valuing of nonhuman life and its diversity cannot be gainsaid among certain traditions.
William P. Brown
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Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review [PDF]

, 2007
Europe is a highly urbanised continent. The consequent loss and degradation of urban and peri-urban green space could adversely affect ecosystems as well as human health and well-being.
Aleksandra Kaźmierczak, Barrett, Bartley, Beier, Bengtsson, Bixler, Bodin, Bolund, Booth, Bratton, Brunner, Brussard, Butler, Cairns, Calow, Collins, Costanza, Costanza, Davey-Smith, Davey-Smith, de Groot, de Leo, de Vries, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Diez-Roux, Diez-Roux, Diez-Roux, Dunn, Ehrlich, Faber-Taylor, Flores, Grimm, Haddad, Haeuber, Haila, Hartig, Hartig, Henwood, Hobbs, Horwitz, Humpel, Humpel, Jari Niemela, Jongman, Kalevi Korpela, Kaplan, Kaplan, Kim, Kinzig, Konstantinos Tzoulas, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Korpela, Kuo, Kuo, Kuo, Kuo, Lackey, Levin, Li, Loreau, Lu, Macintyre, Macintyre, Mageau, Mayer, Millennium Assessment, Moss, Naeem, Newell, Noss, Odum, Opdam, O’Campo, Paton, Patz, Payne, Philip James, Pickett, Pickett, Pikora, Rapport, Rapport, Rapport, Rapport, Rioux, Ross, Rudlin, Sallis, Sandström, Schrijnen, Simberloff, St Leger, Stephen Venn, Stokols, Takano, Tanaka, Tilman, Troyer, Turner, Turner, Ulrich, Ulrich, Ulrich, van der Ryn, van Kamp, Vesa Yli-Pelkonen, Walmsley, Wells, Westphal, Whitford, Wicklum, Wilson, Yli-Pelkonen, Zielhuis, Zielinski-Gutierrez, Zipperer   +119 more
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Animal-assisted interventions: making better use of the human-animal bond [PDF]

, 2014
In the third of Veterinary Record’s series of articles promoting One Health, Daniel Mills and Sophie Hall discuss the therapeutic effects of companion animals, the influence of pets on childhood development and how researchers are elucidating the true ...
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, ANON, Auyeung, Ayres, Banks, Barker, Barker, Beetz, Berkman, Bowlby, Chandler, Charnetsky, Cohen, Cohen, Corson, Deloache, Friedmann, Friesen, Grandgeorge, Gross, Gunter, Haggerty, Headey, Headey, Headey, Heimlich, Kahn, Katcher, Kellert, Knapp, Kruger, Kumasaka, Lang, Macdonald, Marino, Mcnicholas, Melson, Merrick, Mossello, MuÑoz, Nathanson, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE, Norris, O'haire, Panksepp, Poresky, Rieger, Rogers, Serpell, Silva, Turner, Van houtte, Vidovic, Walsh, Wilson, Wisdom   +55 more
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Psychosocial outcomes as motivations for urban gardening: A cross-cultural comparison of Swiss and Chilean gardeners [PDF]

, 2020
The range of benefits provided by urban greenspaces is reasonably well understood and a broad consensus has been reached that they provide habitats along with social ecosystem services, such as restoration, health and food.
Home, Robert, Vieli, Lorena
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Biophilia

, 2022
Biofilia significa amor pela vida ou pelas coisas vivas, diz respeito à nossa conexão natural com as formas naturais e explica a necessária união do ser humano com a natureza, de uma forma ancestral e evolutiva. Essa conexão se constrói de muitas formas, através da ciência e também do sagrado.
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Personalised ecology and the future of biodiversity

Cambridge Prisms: Extinction, 2023
The future of biodiversity lies not just in the strategies and mechanisms by which ecosystems and species are practically best protected from anthropogenic pressures.
Kevin J. Gaston, Benjamin B. Phillips, Masashi Soga   +2 more
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Citizen Science in Disaster and Conflict Resilience [PDF]

, 2010
*Background/Question/Methods* Within the disaster and conflict response communities, concern about lack of effectiveness of outside responses has led to a debate about the role of local people in developing the capacity to prepare for ...
Keith G Tidball, Marianne Krasny
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A measure of nature connectedness for children and adults: Validation, performance, and insights [PDF]

, 2019
With benefits to both human well-being and pro-nature conservation behaviors, nature connectedness is emerging as an important psychological construct for a sustainable future.
Barbett, Lea, Bragg, Rachel, Clitherow, Theodore, Fido, Dean, Hinds, Joe, Hunt, Anne, Petronzi, Dominic, Richardson, Miles, White, Matthew   +8 more
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Biophilia and Sustainable Museum Education Practices

Museum & Society, 2018
Museums offer significant learning experiences that contribute to sustainable societies and lifelong learning. However, museum education has historically been a field in flux, and a constant revitalization is needed.
AlmaDís Kristinsdóttir
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