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nature can heal.
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Welcome to Nature Rx at the University of Michigan
Welcome to Nature Rx at the University of Michigan
After just 10 minutes in nature, stress decreases, and people report noticeable improvements in their focus, mood, and energy levels. We acknowledge that definitions of nature vary, and that many factors affect how individuals experience nature, such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, culture, and childhood experience.
We hope this site will help you discover the many ways nature can support your health and spirituality.
Upcoming Event: Nature Rx Day 🍁🍂
Nature Rx Day will take place all day on November 4th, 2026. We hope you join us for one (or many) of the events that we curated to:
Promote connection to nature and support well-being,
Highlight how engagement with nature can reduce stress
Improve well-being
Strengthen community connections
Want to learn more about Nature Rx Day and see the range of events we are hosting? Please navigate to this website!
From Zoom to Bloom. Unplug with Nature Rx.
From Zoom to Bloom. Unplug with Nature Rx.
Try our new nature break invitation!
> Print it out!
> Fill it out!
> Share it out!
> And get out(side)!
Want to join our team of passionate volunteers? We would love you to! Check out how you can contribute to Nature Rx by clicking the button below.
Please get involved by checking out our Events page! It feels good to be outside and Nature Rx offers many ways to be in nature.
Land Acknowledgement
Land Acknowledgement
The University of Michigan is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe people. In 1817, the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodewadami Nations made the largest single land transfer to the University of Michigan. This was offered ceremonially as a gift through the Treaty at the Foot of the Rapids so that their children could be educated. Through these words of acknowledgment, their contemporary and ancestral ties to the land and their contributions to the University are renewed and reaffirmed.
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