"In contemporary society, a readily available process for building environmentally responsible inner peace, social relationships and global unity has been absent. Now, research shows that a Natural Systems Thinking Process (NSTP) meets this need."

- PeaceWithEarth.org

 

 

Project NatureConnect

 

A Survey of Participants

Research Questionaire Validates the Webstring Natural Systems Thinking Process Approach to Personal and Global Balance.

 

 

SIGNIFICANCE

This study shows that through conscious sensory contacts with natural areas, a Natural Systems Thinking Process psychologically reconnects people with nature's ways and reverses challenging personal, environmental and global problems. Since these problems are neither displayed or caused by nature connected people, the study suggests that our excessive separation from nature creates abnormal wants that drive us into irresponsible relationships.

The Natural Systems Thinking Process offsets our society's excessive disconnection from nature. It enables us to endow our thinking and relationships with the wellness, balance and beauty of nature's ways.

The Process is rooted in its basic element "Thoughtful, shared, sensory connections with attractions in nature improve our thinking, relationships and spirit."

 

PART ONE (below): Background and averaged responses

PART TWO: Numerical results and history

PART THREE: Survey questions suggested by participants

PART FOUR: Statements by participants regarding the program

PART FIVE: Results of other studies and educational programs

PART SIX: Results of programs based on reconnecting with nature.

Additional results may be found on the journal entries, results, comments Earthday archive, consent archive, and newsletter pages.

 

PART ONE

 

SYNOPSIS OF RESPONSES (AVERAGED):

People who use the natural systems thinking process :

- attain greater wellness with respect to pain, anxiety, community, learning, self-esteem and spirit.

- notice many disorders subside including depression, sleeplessness and lonliness.

- become more environmentally and socially active, their apathy becomes positive energy.

- are able to teach the process to others and strongly agree that it:

- significantly improved their personal and professional life and their relationship with the environment.

- would quickly produce positive change if a larger segment of the population used it.

- daily enters their thinking and relationships.

- is vital if we are to reverse our present destructive ways

- is highly recommended for students in all disciplines.

 

Participants said:

"The reconnecting with nature process helped me relieve physical and mental pain. I observed it positively affect people suffering from chronic physical or emotional illness."

"it enhanced self-esteem and reduced my dependencies"

"empowered me to help others help the environment"

"it significantly decreased my stress and depression."

"powerfully supports me emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically,"

"helped me restore my sense of belonging and place,"

"is a form of prayer or 'conscious contact' with my Higher Power",

"constantly offers experiences I can trust, I sleep better."

"instilled a lasting sense of belonging to something worthwhile"

"nature's purity and beauty rejuvenated my true self."

"retrained my 'stinkin' thinkin' so annoyment became enjoyment."

"The process offers guidelines to live by that have not been interpreted by humankind. What I see in nature is also within me, and I know and trust that totally."

Jim S.

 

"This program has guts! It takes a stand and I believe that is what our society needs...a wake up call...

Dominique L

 

Study the results carefully in parts 2-6. Become more aware of your hopes and ideals by identifying the results that you feel are important to you and your community. Would you enjoy experiencing and teaching them?

Participants added statements to the survey responses with respect to their increased balance and wellness. This document presents a review of the results of the survey, including the statements.

 

BACKGROUND

Since 1990, The Department of Integrated Ecology at The Institute of Global Education, in association with the United Nations Department of Public Information, Portland State University and Greenwich University, has developed and taught a Natural Systems Thinking Process (NSTP) that had been researched for 20 years. NSTP is an easily learned, scientific means to consciously gain wholeness through tangible sensory contact with natural areas and people's inner nature. Created by Dr. mjcohen.html

, author of Reconnecting With Nature, the applied ecopsychology process is designed to implement personal and global balance, wellness and peace.

Dr. Jan Goldfield, a retired psychologist, recently helped survey adults in a variety of occupations, who, during the past three years, learned to use NSTP by completing a 30 day internet course. The findings show NSTP to be an effective vehicle for catalyzing personal and global wellness. They affirm the findings (results) of other studies and educational programs that added to this survey report as PART 5 and PART 6.

 

CONTINUE TO:

PART TWO: Numerical results and history

PART THREE: Survey questions suggested by participants

PART FOUR: Statements by participants regarding the program

PART FIVE: Results of other studies and educational programs

PART SIX: Results of education programs based on reconnecting with nature.

 

 

 

What you can do:

The Orientation Course, below, responds to 32 critical life relationship questions. They are answered by enabling you to enjoy and then share online ten authentic, sensory, Nature connected attraction experiences over a 12 day to 5-week period.

Sign the Earth Day Petition for Peace on Earth Through Peace With Earth and put to use the Earth Day Activity

 

THE BEST WAY TO ENJOY AND TEACH SELF-EVIDENT ATTRACTION EXPERIENCES IS THE NATURAL SYSTEMS THINKING PROCESS:

 

ORIENTATION COURSE: Psychological Elements of Global Citizenship
The Science of Connecting With the Web of Life
The Art of Thinking With Nature

An exciting, inexpensive ($35) blend of shared, online activity, information and training with credit optional. Learn by doing. Become a practitioner anywhere. This is a free course if it meets your needs, a transferable prerequisite for additional courses, degrees and participation. The course is our best, most complete and useful way to help nature restore the good nature of humanity in contemporary society. It opens new vistas in academics, counseling, careers, spirit and wellness, vistas that recycle and purify destructive thinking. Optional Credit $42.00

 

READ AND TEACH THIS ANTIDOTE FOR APATHY

Einstein's World: Natural Attractions, Intelligences and Sanity A non-fiction, metaphor, book and reading course. It helps you reverse nature disconnection disorders from your home. You can take it, teach it and be paid, too. Book $15.00, Course $20.00. Optional Credit $42.00

 

EXPLORE THE PROCESS

FREE: Our Exploratory Course online enables you to sample the Natural Systems Thinking Process to learn, first hand, its thrust and benefits.


INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL EDUCATION

Special NGO consultant United Nations Economic and Social Council

 

PROJECT NATURECONNECT

Readily available online tools for the health of person, planet and spirit

P.O. Box 1605 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 360-378-6313

www.ecopsych.com


APPLIED ECOPSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION

The Natural Systems Thinking Process



Dr. Michael J. Cohen, Director

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nature@interisland.net

 

 

Nature Connected Education and Counseling Courses and Degrees Online

Too often we suffer and feel helpless because the deterioration of humanity and the environment hurts us and we are unaware of its cause.

Research demonstrates that the stress arising from our extreme sensory separation from our nurturing origins in Nature underlies most of our unsolvable personal, social, and global problems.

In a democracy, to reach our hopes and dreams the knowledge we discover must be accompanied by a readily available educational process that motivates and enables the public to apply the knowledge.

With respect to our destructive disconnection from nature, the web page links, below, empower you to use and teach an effective rehabilitating process that will help you improve most settings and relationships.
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Experience first hand the benefits of the process via our Orientation Course

 
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