"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."
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.
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