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November 10, 2017
Forest Bathing – how to find your regular sit spot
Forest bathing is very much in the news lately. I researched it whilst writing Technobiophilia and I also recommend it in Nature and Wellbeing in the Digital Age. Most of the techniques I’ve seen involve a fair bit of walking and wandering interspersed with sitting but this is the first time I’ve come across the idea of finding a place to sit and returning to it regularly for days, weeks, or months, until you become almost a part of it. That seems very appealing.
I found it at In My Nature ,...
November 7, 2017
TIP 1/7, Series 2: Make something with your hands
In September I posted a series of tips to help you find your tech/nature balance. They turned out to be pretty popular, so I’m going to share some more.
Every Tuesday for the next seven weeks I will post a weekly tip about Christmas gifts and activities which promote digital wellbeing.
There will be gifts you can enjoy making yourself, as part of your own tech/nature practice, and gifts to buy which the geeky people in your life might enjoy.
TIP 1/7: MAKE SOMETHING WITH YOUR HANDS. HOW LONG...October 17, 2017
Bringing the weather indoors #ophelia
Yesterday I spent the day in a weird world of weather. Hurricane Ophelia barely touched Bournemouth, the seaside town where I live on the south coast of England, but what it did do was bring clouds full of sand from the Sahara Desert and dump some of it on my car.
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October 6, 2017
Your tips for #digitalwellbeing
Last week I shared seven tips on practical ways to balance your digital life with nature, then I asked you share your own tips. Here are some of the best. Do keep them coming! Please tag them #digitalwellbeing
@ johnjohnston followsSeptember 28, 2017
YOUR #DIGITALWELLBEING TIPS PLEASE! How do you balance tech/nature in your life?
This week I’ve shared seven tips on practical ways to balance your digital life with nature. Now it’s your turn. Please respond and share your tip tagged #digitalwellbeing on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, my blog, or wherever works for you. I’ll collate them into a list. Looking forward to your ideas!
Check out my book Nature and Wellbeing in the Digital Age: How to feel better without logging off. Paperback and Kindle.
September 27, 2017
TIP: Just go for a walk :)
Just go for a walk. That’s it. That’s the last tip. Put on your coat. Kick some leaves around. Pick up a conker or two. Enjoy yourself.
As Autumn creeps into the Northern hemisphere, I’ve collected seven practical tips to help find your tech/nature balance. They’re going out one a day for seven days. This is the seventh and last. Please share!
Tomorrow I’ll be asking you to send me your own tips for achieving a great tech/nature balance. Watch this space. And thank you for reading.
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September 26, 2017
TIP: Slow down. Just because the internet is fast doesn’t mean you have to speed too.
Slow down. Just because the internet is fast doesn’t mean you have to experience it at speed. We get anxious about rushing through our digital lives, but we don’t need to.
As Autumn creeps into the Northern hemisphere, I’ve collected seven practical tips to help find your tech/nature balance. They’re going out one a day for seven days. This is the sixth. Please share!
Check out my book Nature and Wellbeing in the Digital Age: How to feel better without logging off. Paperback and Kindle.
September 25, 2017
TIP: If you like a geeky approach to gardening…
If you like a geeky approach to gardening, try hydroponics.
As Autumn creeps into the Northern hemisphere, I’ve collected seven practical tips to help find your tech/nature balance. They’re going out one a day for seven days. This is the fifth. Please share!
Check out my book Nature and Wellbeing in the Digital Age: How to feel better without logging off. Paperback and Kindle.
September 24, 2017
TIP: Stroke an animal. Tend a plant.
Did you stroke an animal today? Tend a plant? Seek out a ray of sunlight and raise your face to its warmth?
As Autumn creeps into the Northern hemisphere, I’ve collected seven practical tips to help find your tech/nature balance. They’re going out one a day for seven days. This is the fourth. Please share!
Check out my book Nature and Wellbeing in the Digital Age: How to feel better without logging off. Paperback and Kindle.
September 23, 2017
TIP: Don’t feel guilty about being online
Don’t feel guilty about being online. You live in the 21st century! Enjoy your wired life!
As Autumn creeps into the Northern hemisphere, I’ve collected seven practical tips to help find your tech/nature balance. They’re going out one a day for seven days. This is the third. Please share!
Check out my book Nature and Wellbeing in the Digital Age: How to feel better without logging off. Paperback and Kindle.
