Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 9(2), 251–253. Outdoor education academic programs in the United States. Personality and Individual Differences, 93, 137–142. Mindfully green: Examining the effect of connectedness to nature on the relationship between mindfulness and engagement in pro-environmental behavior. Mindfulness and sustainable behavior: Pondering attention and awareness as means for increasing green behavior. Retrieved from and Woods Evidence Review BAO October 2013 CORRECTED.pdfĪmel, E. Mindfulness practice in woods and forests: an evidence review. Anthony Deringer, Texas State UniversityĪmbrose-Oji, B. These findings suggest that the use of mindfulness interventions in outdoor education programming may improve nature connection and ecological behavior. Qualitative findings support the quantitative findings and suggest that students use mindfulness to connect with nature and to care more for the environment. Quantitative findings suggest that being mindfully outdoors has a positive effect on the degree to which nature is included in the sense of self and on ecological behavior. We used explanatory mixed methods approach to explore the relationship between mindfulness, nature connection, and ecological behavior. The purpose of this study was to better understand the impact of mindful outdoor recreation trips on college students’ nature connectedness and ecological behavior. Mindfulness and nature connection have recently been explored as possible constructs to impact environmental behavior. Outdoor recreation professionals have long sought to impact environmental behavior of participants. Mindfulness, outdoor education, ecological behavior, nature connectedness Abstract
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