{"id":8567,"date":"2022-05-17T09:14:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T09:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorlearningdirectory.com\/?p=8567"},"modified":"2022-05-17T09:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T09:14:13","slug":"the-mental-health-benefits-of-volunteering-in-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorlearningdirectory.com\/the-mental-health-benefits-of-volunteering-in-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"The mental health benefits of volunteering in nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post in Scotland\u2019s Nature (16 May 2022) shares <a href=\"https:\/\/scotlandsnature.blog\/2022\/05\/16\/the-five-ingredients-to-a-happier-and-healthier-life-revealed\/\">Claire\u2019s story.<\/a> She describes the five key ingredients that volunteering in nature provides which can promote our health and wellbeing.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-454 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/outdoorlearningdirectory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAT_SCO1-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outdoorlearningdirectory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAT_SCO1-1-2-200x131.png 200w, https:\/\/outdoorlearningdirectory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NAT_SCO1-1-2.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post in Scotland\u2019s Nature (16 May 2022) shares Claire\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[403],"tags":[424,423,422,417,960,427],"post_folder":[397],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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