Biophilic Design for Psychological and Physiological Health Outcomes

Efforts to increase the time people spend outside remain a worthy endeavor, yet researchers and practitioners must also consider how the nature-rich world, and its associated benefits to health and well-being, can be brought indoors. This project focuses on applying the principles of biophilic design to increase human contact with nature even while indoors, meeting the basic human need for connecting to nature and promoting the associated health and wellness benefits.

Quantitative metrics for this study are yet to be determined.

Alison Bowers
Research Associate
Department: Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Emmett Faculty Scholar

Senior Fellow in the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Professor Associate editor of the journal Environmental Education Research

Trustee of the California Academy of Sciences and the George B. Storer Foundation

Chair of NatureBridge's Education Advisory Council

Advisor to the Student Conservation Association and Teton Science Schools, among other areas of service to the field