This book by Florence Williams explores the science behind why being in nature can make us feel better. Drawing on her own experiences, as well as interviews with experts, she dives into the psychological and physiological effects of being in nature and how it can help us cope with stress, depression, and anxiety
Florence Williams is an American journalist and nonfiction author whose work focuses on the environment, health and science. She is a contributing editor at Outside magazine and a freelance writer for National Geographic, the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, Slate, Mother Jones, High Country News, O-Oprah, W., Bicycling and numerous other publications."Human milk is like ice cream, penicillin, and the drug ecstasy all wrapped up in two pretty packages." — Florence Williams