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#OutdoorOfficeDay 2025 will be taking place on June 12th. Would you like more information, or would you like to partner with us? Do you have questions or suggestions? Do you have ideas for an #OutdoorOfficeDay event? Outdoor Office Day is an initiative of social enterprise Nature Desks: we connect urban nature, work and wellbeing.
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Achtergrondinformatie / Background information
Nature Connected Organisations Handbook - Nature Connectedness Research Blog by Prof. Miles Richardson
The Nature Connected Organisations Handbook - Finding Nature
The science behind creativity - American Psychological Association
Cells of people living in greener areas age more slowly - The Guardian
Will offices of the future be outdoors? - Domus Magazine
Let's Turn Buildings Inside-Out - Social Life Project
The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic - The Guardian
When given the permission to work remotely, maximizing an outdoor and natural space can transform your productivity. - Fast Company
How more of us are leaving screens behind to work outdoors - BBC
Why We Could All Use Some More Vitamin G - PopupCity
‘A breath of fresh air’: Outdoor workspaces are having a post-pandemic moment
Bring the Outdoors into Your Hybrid Work Routine - HBR
8 ways to be less sedentary at work - WorkLife
How to Move Your Home Office Outside—And Make the Most of It - Wirecutter
Why You Should Tell Your Team to Take a Break and Go Outside - HBR
The office of the future is outdoors
The Outdoors has found a new status
Outdoor Workspaces: The Greatest Offices of All
The path to the post-Covid city
For Better Health During the Pandemic
Is Two Hours Outdoors the New 10,000 Steps?
and older articles from The Washington Post, BBC, De Nieuwe Draai, The New York Times, Thuiswerktip: wandelend vergaderen is goed voor de creativiteit, De Groene Stad, Into green, The Atlantic, Be an outsider at work, The Guardian, Slate.
Research: Walking being, Natuur is gezond, Beetje natuur, grote invloed (Mark Mieras in opdracht van IVN – Instituut voor natuureducatie en duurzaamheid), Natuur en Gezondheid, Alterra, OPENspace, Groen Kennisnet, American Psychological Association.
Outdoor Office Day 2019, Utrecht.
De stad als werkplek en ‘urban green’ als werklocatie.
In het Nieuwe Werken staan gezondheid en vitaliteit centraal. Voor iedereen is bewegen en werken in het stedelijke groen een ‘must’. Wetenschappelijke onderzoeken hebben aangetoond dat een groene omgeving bij mensen creativiteit stimuleert, de concentratie verbetert en een rustgevend effect heeft. Buiten bewegen is noodzakelijk voor je gezondheid. Het sluit perfect aan bij de breed gevoelde noodzaak om het werkgeluk en het welzijn van medewerkers te verbeteren.
Outdoor Office Day 2020, Washington DC. Event organised by https://netwalkglobal.com