Plants and soil microorganisms: removal of formaldehyde, xylene, and ammonia from the indoor environment
This study (1993) evaluated the ability of over thirty interior plant species as well as potting soil by itself to ...
Why is nature beneficial? The role of connectedness to nature
Exposure to nature has been known to decrease negative behaviours (i.e. aggression, anxiety, depression) and increase ...
Healthy workplaces: The effects of nature contact at work on employee stress and health
This study (2011) reports the effects of different kinds of nature contacts to stress and stress-related health ...
Biophilia: Does visual contact with nature impact on health and well-being?
This review article (2009) summarizes the results of ~50 empirical studies on how the absence of nature in our ...
Happiness is greater in natural environments
To study how green environments or nature affect our momentary subjective well-being, researchers from the University ...
Indoor-biofilter growth and exposure to airborne chemicals drive similar changes in plant root bacterial communities
This study from Drexel University (2015), investigated how bacterial root communities on two large installed plant ...