From Good from Woods
- Good from Woods summary reports – evidence of wellbeing found in each of our partner’s woodland projects
- The Good from Woods toolkit – guides to help you carry out research on your own woodland activities whilst maintaining robust research ethics
- Research methods – ideas to help you gather feedback and research data from participants in your woodland activities/projects.
Case study papers:
- From little acorns..:environmental action as a source of well-being for schoolchildren (Taylor & Francis Online)
- Families in the forest: guilt trips, bonding moments and potential springboards (Taylor & Francis Online)
- Gaining insights into young people's playful wellbeing in woodland through art-based action research (Ingenta Connect)
- Measuring the impact of outdoor learning on the physical activity of school age children (SHEU)
Other research resources
- Open University – human research ethics
- Roger Greenway – active reviewing
- University of Oxford – research skills toolkit
- University of Surrey – social research update
Research into woodland and wellbeing
Walking the Talk conference presentations
The Walking the Talk conference was a joint event between Silvanus Trust, Natural Connections, and the Outdoor and Experiential Learning Research Network (Oelresnet) at the University of Plymouth, 4 July 2014.
Good from Woods presentations:
- Immersive activity in nature & the effects on wellbeing – J. Acton
- What do young people get out of tree planting? – V. Norris
- Folly Wood – A community ownership model – S.Buckton, J.Rowanly, A.Coles, R, Keating
- Woodland activities with adults with learning difficulties & introducing the Good from Woods Toolkit – R. Tomlinson
Natural Connections presentations:
- Walking with the Educators – R.Cook
- Woodland Health for Youth project – J.Aronsson & N.Wright
- Enabling Schools to Embed their Vision – R.Birch
Oelresnet presentations:
- Plymouth Growing futures – Time Well Spent – C.Mikhail
- Earth Education: Learning to Live Lightly – Mark Jefferys: www.eartheducation.org.uk and www.eartheducation.org
- Social Forestry – John Bell
Walk the Talk – lunch time walks:
Artist’s Walk with Sarah Scaife and Helen Billinghurst – Artist’s walk hand-out (pdf)
To make the hand-out book:
- 1. print the pdf onto an A3 sheet
- 2. cut into thin strips along the faint grey lines
- 3. stick the strips together
- 4. fold like a concertina.
Other related research
- Forest Research – people, trees and woodland
- Roger Greenway – outdoor education research
- Essex University – Green Exercise