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April 15th, 2021 Newsletter

Newsletter from Thursday, April 15th, 2021

Dear NCH2 Community,
We hope you and your families are staying safe and well. Please submit materials for the next newsletter by April 23rd, 2021 so we can make sure to include them. Submit items by emailing NCH2.Chicago@gmail.com. 

Promoting getting outside in May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month, was the top priority in our recent poll. We have several initiatives underway, so watch for announcements through the listserv and our new social media posts on
Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. All can be found using handle @NCH2Network.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month 
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#Tools2ThriveOutside
Coming NCH2 Events
May 5th NCH2 Virtual Event: Thriving Nature
Date: May 5th, 1-2:30 PM CDT.
Location: Virtual

Register in advance for this meeting  here
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Topic: Thriving Nature
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While engaging with nature has demonstrable benefits to mental health, evidence is also emerging that concern for our changing environment and the health of the planet contributes to people's anxiety. Thus, we need to consider how engaging with nature can help us thrive, but also how we can engage to help nature thrive. In recognition of May as Mental Health Awareness Month this event features three speakers in an extended format to discuss these issues.

See the attached PDF for more details. Please, share the PDF with your networks. 
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May 5th NCH2 Virtual Event: Thriving Nature PDF
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Promote getting outside using the hashtags:
#NCH2, #Take5OutsidetoThrive, #Tools2ThriveOutside, 
and #CultivateWellbeing


Tools for Engaging with Nature
from Recovery International and The Conservation Foundation
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"Power Your Mind" with Useful Tools for Coping
These pocket Zines are short lessons from Power Your Mind: Tools to Build Resilience, a new  self-help mental health workbook for teens and young adults. This introduction to the Recovery Method helps you take control of situations that may cause you symptoms. Print your own Zine with tools for coping.

Click here to learn more 

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New Nature Journal! (one you write yourself)
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A new joint project of The Conservation Foundation and Recovery International combines cognitive-behavioral mental health tools with images of nature from northern Illinois parks. Find relief during these stressful times with a walk in the woods, thoughtful and calming tools, and journaling or doodling! Released in time for May, Mental Health Awareness Month, the 88-page journal is a handy size for carrying on a hike.  Home-bound readers can enjoy full-color photos of inspiring scenery and close-ups of flowers and butterflies. Order your copy today from Amazon - 

​Click here to be taken to the Amazon listing


​Contribute your tools for engaging with nature to the special NCH2 webpage promoting May is Mental Health Awareness Month using this Google Form here

In the News
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April 13, 2021 was a big day for the environment and health in the news. The Washington Post reports on data indicating the safety of being outside during the pandemic. The New York Times contains an opinion piece discussing why nature needs an infrastructure program.

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​  A year into the pandemic, it’s even more clear that it’s safer to be outside.

  Washington Post. By Karin Brulliard and Lenny Bernstein.
  April 13, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. CDT 

  Click here to read more





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​We Don’t Need More Life-Crushing Steel and Concrete.
The long-term needs of ecosystems should come before our knee-jerk expectations about infrastructure. The New York Times (Opinion). By Paul Greenberg and Carl Safina.  Mr. Greenberg is the author, most recently, of “The Climate Diet.” Dr. Safina is an ecologist and the founder of the Safina Center at Stony Brook University.
April 13, 2021


​Click here to read more


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