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🍁 John Zelenski

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Psychology professor interested in personality, happiness, nature, sustainability, improving our science, and so much more. 🇨🇦 Author of Positive Psychology: The Science of Well-Being (Sage). https://carleton.ca/happinesslab/dr-zelenski/

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Sep 25

This seems like a fun way to start an introduction.

Word cloud of PubMed abstract words for anyone to try: shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/pu...

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Dr H!A! Passmore @hapassmore.bsky.social · 1d

Two new RCT articles out testing nature-based wellbeing interventions against the most popular Positive Psychology Intervention: 3 Good Things. In both studies, nature-based interventions boosted wb without spending more time in nature, & boosted unique aspects of wb.
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Dr H!A! Passmore : Publications

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drjimdavies.bsky.social @drjimdavies.bsky.social · 11d

@mindingthebrain.bsky.social episode: @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews @johnzelenski.bsky.social and Dan Rubinstein about the psychological benefits of being out in nature. mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/10/01/e... @carleton.ca @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social
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a waterfall is surrounded by trees and rocks with the sun shining through the trees

ALT: a waterfall is surrounded by trees and rocks with the sun shining through the trees

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 12d

#BirdLinks
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The 2025 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100

Marvel at the beauty of birds and learn the stories behind our favorite images from this year’s contests—featuring, for the first time, photographers from Chile and Colombia.

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Dr. Stephanie Craig @drstephcraig.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is an excellent analysis of what has been happening to post-secondary education in Ontario. It succinctly describes how the tuition cut and freeze by Ford directly lead to the explosion of international students, and how under funded ON universities are.

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Ontario’s Post-Secondary Education Crisis in Five Figures | The Local

Stagnant provincial funding, a domestic tuition freeze, cuts to international students, and expensive capital projects—the numbers behind the emergency in higher education.

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yes, we urgently need more trees here, and it seems like we are losing them faster than new ones are planted. @arieltroster.com

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8 Ottawa neighbourhoods urgently need more trees. Here's where they are | CBC News

As part of the inaugural 'tree equity' analysis, city staff have identified eight priority areas across the city where more trees are badly needed.

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Green space helped avert pandemic depression, research confirms | CBC News

People age 50 and older who lived near green spaces were less likely to develop depression during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new national study.

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Steven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · Aug 21

What makes GOOD evidence? A perspective from environmental professionals. authors.elsevier.com/c/1leNC5Ce0r...

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Mark Ferguson @profmarkferguson.bsky.social · Aug 12

Just in time for a course revision!

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Aug 12

Nature Relatedness Usefully Links Well-Being, the Environment, and Sustainability.
The title says it all.
Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access).
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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Jul 9

I guess this is the final end of this story. Many pleasant memories of these cats on the hill...
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The end of an era: Last feline from Parliament Hill cat colony dies | CBC News

After putting his name furrward for prime minister and bringing joy to millions of people, the last feline from the beloved former cat colony on Parliament Hill has died.

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Jun 26

This morning I talked about the benefits of adding some nature to your day on 730 CKNW in Vancouver.
You can listen to the segment here:
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Canadian Psychological Association @canadianpsychology.bsky.social · Jun 17

We are nature. So why aren't we more connected to it?

Dr. Holli-Anne Passmore, Dr. Loraine Lavallee, and Dr. Natalia Cooper appeared on The Signal with Adam Walsh on CBC in St. John's on June 12th, the first day of #CPA2025

See the whole fascinating discussion on YouTube:

The Signal | We are nature. So why aren't we more connected to it?

Today on the show three psychology experts talk about the importance of the connection to nature - the real impacts of wellbeing, what does 'connecting to na...

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Jun 18

It was a pleasure to speak with Dana Milbank for this story, and another pleasure to read about his recent nature experiences.

Dana Milbank @danamilbank.bsky.social · Jun 18

How nature improves our cognition, our mood and much else. Lessons from the Appalachian Trail — and from scientists studying nature’s impact on our wellbeing. Gift link to my latest @postopinions.bsky.social column. wapo.st/4kJERXT

Opinion | We know time in nature fixes our brains. Here’s why.

Experimental science is proving what humanity has known, intuitively, for generations.

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World Happiness Report @worldhappiness.report · Jun 16

👀 Want to compare Costa Rica and Cambodia, or take a look at Libya and Luxembourg? How about examining Ecuador and Estonia?

Dive into our open-access Happiness Dashboard, powered by Gallup, and explore global #wellbeing data over the past two decades.👇
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Composite image of three different views of the World Happiness Report Data Dashboard, alongside the URL data.worldhappiness.report.

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Jun 16

Yes, well worth a listen!

Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Jun 15

This is a really interesting episode. First, I always learn a lot from listening to/reading Robin Wall Kimmerer. But second, it's also interesting to hear an economist (the host) wrestle with Indigenous Ways of Knowing and ideas like gift economies.

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159. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy

People I (Mostly) Admire · Episode

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.com · May 27

Do you know anyone who is missing a sheep?!?

Over the weekend, we impounded a sheep that had been at large in the Osgoode area.
Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful thus far. If you are missing your sheep, please call 3-1-1. You will be required to provide a description of the animal. #OttCity

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · May 19

🎂 This year, we celebrate the 🔟th anniversary of The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)!🥳 🎉

In a blog post, we discuss:
✨ Brief history of SIPS,
✨ SIPS achievements,
✨ Reflections on what we have achieved and what the future holds!

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#PsychSciSky

SIPS 10 Year Anniversary 2025

This year we are proudly celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)! SIPS is a service organisation aiming to promote higher quality, mor…

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Greater Good Education @greatergoodedu.bsky.social · May 5

Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you reconnect with the natural world and inspire wonder in your school community. 🌿

Download the clickable calendar with daily tips here:
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Calendar for the month of May with daily tips for well-being, designed for educators

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · May 2

It may be possible to connect with nature a bit too much. (Yet this sounds like a nice contribution--thanks Tim.)

NPR @npr.org · May 2

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.

He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Apr 29

Well-deserved! Congratulations Andrea!!!

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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · Apr 24

Want to support organized peer review of preprints in psychology? Sign up to become a reviewer or recommender (associate editor) of PCI Psychology here: psych.peercommunityin.org/default/user...

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Apr 22

It was a pleasure to chat with Graihagh Jackson about nature, well-being, and sustainability for The Climate Question on BBC World.
There are also stories about connecting with nature, with conservation education for kids in Kenya and a South African VR company.
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The Climate Question - Could a love of nature bring out the eco-hero in you? - BBC Sounds

Research suggests that the more time we spend in nature, the more we try to protect it

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🍁 John Zelenski @johnzelenski.bsky.social · Apr 19

This looks like fun, and the City Nature Challenge happens many places --not just Ottawa!

Suzanne Kettley @suzannekettley.bsky.social · Apr 19

#cityofottawa natural challenge, coming soon...Share your sightings for the City Nature Challenge, April 25 to 28 ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...

Lichens and tiger beetles and beeches – oh my! Share your sightings for the City Nature Challenge. | City of Ottawa

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Apr 15

If you want scholarly publishing to be more aligned with scholarly values, then try out Lifecycle Journal.

If you embrace transparency, then you can do your research in the Lifecycle Journal without risking publishing in the existing system if you later decide to do so. A🧵

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · Apr 5

The Jack Pine
Tom Thomson
1916-1917

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