The Effect of Nature on the Human Mind

Have you wondered how caught up we get in our daily lives that we hardly make the time to bond with nature. In our spare time, we either watch TV, play games, sit on the computer or meet friends. That has a negative impact on our health.

There is a term called 'Ecopsychology' which shows the connection between ecology and human psychology. Well, hope this doesn't sound too boring, but its a simple theory which we just forget.

Distancing yourself from nature and finding comfort in this concrete jungle has negative effect on humans, mentally and physically, and even nature.

We develop less empathy towards nature, so end up destroying what we never created, but the fact remains that humans have an emotional bond with Mother Nature, which we remain oblivious to.

Solar Panels on Graves in Spanish Town

Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a Spanish town outside Barcelona, is generating solar energy in a bizarre fashion. They have installed hundreds of solar panels above coffins at its cemetery.

Why a cemetery out of all places?

There are very few open and sunny places in this crowded city where 124,000 people are crammed into 4 sq km.

So the cemetery was the ideal place to set up solar panels. A small town has taken steps to tackle climate change, its a great thing and something we all can learn from.

This move wasn't welcomed at first by the locals, until a public campaign was held to convince families of its