[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.01,0:00:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recently moved from a place \Nthat had a backyard that looks like this, Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.92,0:00:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to one that looked like this. Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.78,0:00:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a lot of great\Nthings about cities, Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.95,0:00:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but access to nature\Nisn't always one of them. Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.76,0:00:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many days I felt like\Nthe closest thing I got to nature Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.53,0:00:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was looking at grainy\Ncat videos on YouTube. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.13,0:00:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.15,0:00:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure some of you can relate. Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.76,0:00:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes you don't realize how important\Nsomething is to you until you lose it. Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.82,0:00:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't like Woody Allen who once said: Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.30,0:00:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I love nature, I just\Ndon't want any of it on me." Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.39,0:00:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.88,0:00:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted it on me, and I missed it. Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.48,0:00:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I moved for my husband's job\Nfrom Boulder, Colorado, to Washington DC, Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.03,0:00:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't too happy about it. Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.95,0:01:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was still surprised by how swiftly\Nmy sense of well-being plummeted. Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.40,0:01:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got depressed,\NI was anxious, I felt irritable. Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.54,0:01:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brain felt sluggish and dull. Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.16,0:01:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to get used to new sounds, \Nlike overhead aircraft all the time, Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.97,0:01:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helicopters and those ubiquitous\Nleaf blowers that I hear all the time. Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.18,0:01:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But fortunately, shortly after I moved, Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.79,0:01:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was given a dream assignment\Nby Outside Magazine Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.62,0:01:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go visit the national forests of Japan Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.98,0:01:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to write about an obscure practice\Ncalled "shinrin yoku," or forest bathing. Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.73,0:01:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This essentially involves\Njust being on a trail: Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.67,0:01:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking, sometimes sitting, \Nsometimes just lying on a boulder Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.42,0:01:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and letting nature pour\Ninto all of your senses. Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.94,0:01:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So perhaps imagine with me\Nfor a minute what this might be like. Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.47,0:02:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're sitting there and you're hearing\Nthe birds and the crickets. Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.06,0:02:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're smelling the rich loamy earth\Nand maybe the scent of fresh pine trees. Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.50,0:02:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can feel the breeze on your cheek\Nand the moss under your feet. Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.18,0:02:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you think this makes you feel? Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.57,0:02:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, scientists in Japan wanted\Nto answer precisely that question. Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.26,0:02:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so in a series of experiments\Nthey sent 84 stressed-out college students Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.35,0:02:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go hang out for 30 minutes\Nin these forests Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.38,0:02:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then also to go hang out\Non a city street. Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.98,0:02:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's what they found - Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.54,0:02:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is me doing one of the experiments: Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.58,0:02:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 16% drop in the stress hormone cortisol. Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.27,0:02:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 2% drop in blood pressure. Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.94,0:02:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 4% drop in heart rate. Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.18,0:02:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is among the forest visitors. Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.46,0:02:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of that happened\Nin the people who went to the city. Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.56,0:03:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the people who went to the forest also\Nreported less anxiety and better moods, Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.36,0:03:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas the opposite happened\Nin the people who went to the city. Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.06,0:03:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, nature has superpowers for us. Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.78,0:03:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's even a dose effect: Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.65,0:03:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it looks like the more time you spend\Nin nature, better things can happen. Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.40,0:03:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in Japan they sent some\Nof these students, Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.51,0:03:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or some other people, some volunteers, Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.38,0:03:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go spend three days at a forest lodge. Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.36,0:03:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they found a 40% increase Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.18,0:03:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an immune cell \Ncalled natural killer cells Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.28,0:03:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's critical to the immune system. Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.97,0:03:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they went to vacation\Nin the city that didn't happen. Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.68,0:03:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not just a vacation effect,\Nthere's something about nature. Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.37,0:03:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became so intrigued by this story\Nand by this science Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.11,0:03:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I took another assignment\Nfrom National Geographic. Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.49,0:03:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this one sent me to a handful\Nof other countries around the world Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.18,0:03:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,studying this topic\Nto improve the health of citizens, Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.100,0:04:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes even going as far as\Nto recommend nature as medicine. Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.61,0:04:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in Japan, as we just saw, there are\Nthese forests therapy trails. Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.86,0:04:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have 48 of them. Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.91,0:04:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Korea will have 37\Nhealing forests by next year. Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.09,0:04:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are entire forests. Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.64,0:04:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to go along with that,\Nthey're training 500 healing rangers Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.47,0:04:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lead programs for everyone,\Nfrom digital addicts to school bullies. Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.51,0:04:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The school bullies, by the way, Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.100,0:04:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take a train called "the happy train"\Nfrom the city to the forest. Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.37,0:04:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.59,0:04:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also programs for firefighters with PTSD, Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.17,0:04:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even prenatal women\Nand cancer patients, Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.58,0:04:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it just goes on and on\Nwhat they're doing there. Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.24,0:04:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also went to Finland. Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.50,0:04:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Finland has gone so far as\Nto recommend, it's a very precise country, Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.33,0:04:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they recommended a specific dosage\Nof nature to ward off depression. Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.85,0:04:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what they recommend, take note: Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.92,0:04:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five hours a month of being in nature\Nor a little over an hour a week. Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.34,0:05:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Finland is really fortunate because\Nit's a country covered with forests Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.18,0:05:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and coastlines and parks. Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.74,0:05:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But many parts of the world\Nare not so lucky. Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.43,0:05:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Already, over half of us\Nin the world live in cities. Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.48,0:05:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by 2050 that proportion will be 70%. Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.06,0:05:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So making cities green and livable Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.28,0:05:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be one of the greatest\Nchallenges of our century. Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.19,0:05:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can cities and civic institutions\Nmake spaces of awe and restoration? Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.49,0:05:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The city of Wellington, New Zealand, \Nhas made a space of awe Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.44,0:05:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by designating and signposting\Na snorkel trail very close to downtown, Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.12,0:05:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can just jump\Nin the water, swim around, Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.78,0:05:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she things like octopus,\Nand butterfish and seahorses. Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.23,0:05:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How cool is that? Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.68,0:05:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seattle offers low-tide walks Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.21,0:05:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where children love to see\Nsunstars and moon snails. Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.98,0:06:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Singapore there are parks \Ninterspersed with public housing projects Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.96,0:06:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that people from all over the city\Nhave access to nature. Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.37,0:06:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the city also encourages\Narchitects and developers Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.73,0:06:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to incorporate butterfly-loving\Nvertical gardens Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.20,0:06:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into corporate and residential towers. Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.07,0:06:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my cab driver\Ndropped me off at this hotel, Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.20,0:06:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said how handy it was\NI was staying here, Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.25,0:06:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I could just wake up\Nin the morning and start grazing. Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.43,0:06:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.84,0:06:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The University of California at Berkeley\Nhas created a space of awe Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.32,0:06:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by protecting one of the tallest\Nhardwood groves in North America. Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.55,0:06:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is great because the students\Ncan go here to recover from stress Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.68,0:06:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and psychologists at the University\Ncan study it happening. Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.69,0:06:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one way to do this Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.65,0:06:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is they sent students go look up\Nat this grove of trees for one minute Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.86,0:06:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they also sent another group Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.40,0:06:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look up at a building\Non campus for one minute. Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.52,0:07:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in a clever bit of trickery, Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.55,0:07:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a research assistant dropped a box of pens\Nin front of each subject. Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.64,0:07:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So guess who helped her\Nand picked up more pens: Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.10,0:07:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in the forest\Nor the people looking at the building? Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.94,0:07:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you guessed the forest,\Nyou are correct. Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.96,0:07:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it only took one minute\Nof them feeling awe Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.71,0:07:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to behave in a more generous way. Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.87,0:07:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it looks like time outside in nature\Ncan also make us more creative. Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.38,0:07:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we spend time outside\Nin beautiful places, Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.54,0:07:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a part of our brain called the subgenual\Nprefrontal cortex quiets down. Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.40,0:07:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a part of the brain Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.90,0:07:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's associated with negative\Nself-involved thoughts. Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.88,0:07:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A researcher at Stanford\Nmade the nature connection Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.06,0:07:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he sent a group\Nof subjects to go walk Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.87,0:07:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a beautiful park\Nin Palo Alto for 90 minutes, Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.91,0:07:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he sent another group\Nto go walk in a city street, Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.04,0:07:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he imaged their brains. Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.46,0:08:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was only the people\Nwho walked in the park Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.75,0:08:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who experienced this beneficial change. Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.29,0:08:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So nature can be so helpful\Nto us in so many ways. Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.74,0:08:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can also make us creative\Nin small doses. Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.38,0:08:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, here's Facebook, Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.53,0:08:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hi-tech communities\Nall over are now figuring out Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.68,0:08:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if they incorporate green roofs\Nand trails into their very structures, Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.33,0:08:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this can benefit their business. Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.30,0:08:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've known this for a long time. Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.62,0:08:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone from Aristotle to Beethoven, Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.55,0:08:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Darwin, the Brontë sisters,\NWordsworth, Einstein, Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.71,0:08:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the list goes on and on, Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.06,0:08:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many people attribute\Nwalking in these beautiful spaces Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.14,0:08:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being critical\Nto their creative process. Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.81,0:08:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens, though, when we spend\Neven more time in nature, Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.72,0:08:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as our brains and our psychology? Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.34,0:09:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that physiological changes happen, Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.39,0:09:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we saw with\Nthe natural killer cells. Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.19,0:09:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what happens\Non a more psychological level? Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.54,0:09:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was something I was fascinated\Nto actually witness, Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.46,0:09:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I met a woman named Tania Herrera. Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.69,0:09:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had just returned\Nfrom two tours of Iraq, Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.14,0:09:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she'd been badly injured in rocket\Ngrenade fire and also by a car bomb. Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.43,0:09:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'd experienced a bad concussion,\Nshe'd lost the use of one of her arms. Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.13,0:09:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She experienced seizures, \Nanxiety, depression. Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.53,0:09:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had trouble performing\Nsimple tasks and even reading. Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.62,0:09:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She never wanted to leave her house, Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.62,0:09:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she felt like\Nshe was a prisoner in her own body. Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.38,0:09:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when she'd been young, \Nshe'd participated in a program Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.66,0:09:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take inner-city kids out into nature. Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.74,0:09:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she'd remembered\Nthat that had given her some comfort. Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.53,0:09:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she signed up for a six-day river trip\Ndown the Salmon River in Idaho. Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.00,0:10:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She and her other fellow warriors\Non this trip paddled and swam, Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.21,0:10:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and slept under stars and talked\Nin the camp, around the campfire. Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.30,0:10:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had the privilege of watching\Nthem emerge from cocoons of sadness Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.83,0:10:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to full-bodied full-sensory survivors\Nhelping each other, Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.74,0:10:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relishing their new friendships\Nand the possibilities ahead. Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.63,0:10:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said to me: Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.60,0:10:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When I'm home I feel overwhelmed,\Nthere's nothing to brace on, Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.78,0:10:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm overwhelmed\Nby bad thoughts and feelings. Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.37,0:10:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm out here life is simple,\Nthere's something to brace on, Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.77,0:10:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are good thoughts,\Nthere is balance." Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.48,0:10:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wilderness advocate John Muir understood\Nthe power of wilderness Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.49,0:10:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help heal our psyches. Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.86,0:10:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wrote: Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.05,0:11:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Between every two pine trees, there is\Na door leading to a new way of life." Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.43,0:11:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a simple recipe to improve\Nthe quality and meaning of our days. Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.18,0:11:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's to open Muir's door. Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.19,0:11:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go outside, go often. Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.33,0:11:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.56,0:11:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)