Browsing by Subject "nature"

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8 Nature Documentaries on Netflix to Cure your Wanderlust
(ORANGE Magazine, 2021-02-25) Fields, Kara
Advancing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiatives at Camp Roger
(2023-05) Graves, Avery
The aim of this thesis is to understand how race, class, gender, nature, and youth development all interact within the setting of summer camps. Specifically, I am looking at how these concepts intersect at YMCA Camp Roger, a small summer camp located in the Wasatch County National Forest in northern Utah. Through a deep understanding of how summer camps camp to be, I was able to see how the origins have carried through to today. In addition to a historical deep dive, I discussed literature relating to the concepts this thesis aims to understand, and compared the literature to current summer camp practices. After creating a comprehensive understanding of summer camps, I analyzed performance surveys and demographic data pertaining to YMCA Camp Roger. This thesis discusses my research, along with future recommendations for the advancement of JEDI initiatives at summer camps.
Border Wall vs. Nature
(Burnt X Orange, 2019-10-09) Burnt X
Bulletin of the University of Texas, Number 219
(University of Texas at Austin, 1912-02-15) University of Texas at Austin
Cedar Bayou - June 22nd 2016 - by The Reserve
(2016-06-23) Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve
COASTING
(ORANGE Magazine, 2022-03-21) Duchene, Lina
Greener Spaces, Healthier Places: On The Restorative Health Effects of Nature Exposure
(2018-05) Fall, Dylan
Nature Exposure is a health behavior that has shown to have promising effects to help reduce allosteric load, alleviating chronic symptoms felt due to long-term stress responses. The fact that nature exposure is largely renewable and of low cost to those who participate gives nature exposure the potential to reduce societal income-based health inequalities. This thesis seeks to answer the questions of what exactly are the benefits conferred by exposure to nature, what are the physiological mechanisms and scientific backing behind these benefits, and how can this health behavior be measurably increased through a multi-layer public health intervention targeting nature-deprived elementary school children. In order to best frame and analyze this subject, my thesis begins with an assessment of our current healthcare system and the areas where nature exposure could provide a low-cost, easy alternative to other therapeutic treatments, then provides a comprehensive review of the most recent and convincing research concerning the many physiological benefits of nature exposure and the explanations and evidence behind these phenomena. Following the breakdown of all the evidence behind why nature exposure has legitimate health effects, I provide a demographic profile of the types of populations that do or do not participate in nature exposure activities and why. I then interpret this data through theoretical frameworks like the Health Belief Model and Integrated Behavior Model, showing how factors like perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self-efficacy, attitudes and social norms can heavily impact whether an individual engages in nature exposure. Based on these theoretical frameworks, I make informed suggestions regarding what types of interventions on mass media, environmental, and systematic levels are ideal for an initiative designed to target nature deprived youth in a city such as Austin, Texas.
Healing Gardens: Humanizing The Design Of Modern Hospitals
(2019-05-01) Quintanilla, Aaron; Speck, Larry
In concert with scientific developments regarding the efficacy of nature as a tool for healing, there has been a shift in how architects are approaching the design of urban hospitals to implement nature into their circuitry. This paper will be divided into three parts and each will contribute towards the main question of the thesis: How has architecture and nature been used in the past and present in health care and are their effects on the patient’s experience significant? The first part will look at the architectural theory, Functionalism, and its role in the humanizing of architecture Secondly, literature that focuses on the restorative effects of gardens and nature on the body and mind will be examined. In the final part, I plan to explore the theoretical framework behind humans’ inclination and responsiveness to nature, patient responsiveness and outcomes from interactions with green space, and lastly, the design features for green spaces which are most conducive for healing. The conclusions reached are that exposure to nature and gardens are highly beneficial to an individual’s health outcomes. The inclusion of healing gardens is a reflection of human-oriented design, a quality of modern functionalism. Architects should place the human at the center of their design objectives and tailor their blueprints to accommodate the individual.
The Irish Potato
(University of Texas at Austin, 1914-08-01) University of Texas at Austin
Letter to P. Korringa from H.B. Stenzel on 1961-04-05
(1961-04-05) Stenzel, H.B.
Letter to P. Korringa from H.B. Stenzel on 1961-05-19
(1961-05-19) Stenzel, H.B.
Marine Debris Survey - by The Reserve
(2016-07-19) Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve
Miqdaad Bhuriwala Interview
(2021-01-26) Institute for Diversity & Civic Life
This interview is with Miqdaad Bhuriwala, a current master’s student in urban planning and a member of the Dawoodi Bhora Muslim community. Miqdaad immigrated to America right after 9/11 and speaks to the experience of uprooting his life, losing parts of his cultural heritage, like language, and learning how to fit in as a Pakistani-American. Miqdaad also discusses how living through a global pandemic has allowed him the chance to work on his mental health and focus on his goal of making the world a better place for both humans and our environment.
Poster Presentation: Abraham Maslow and the Origins of The Hierarchy of Needs in German Brain Science
(2016-05) Coonan, Daniel J