scholarly journals Supporting Children’s Well-being with Art in Nature: Artist Pedagogue Perceptions

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-112
Author(s):  
Nicola Walshe ◽  
Elsa Lee ◽  
Millie J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Mental Well Being

There is increasing concern about children’s mental well-being and an urgent need for research into how to support positive mental health; including as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Alongside this is the heightened awareness about diminished access to green spaces and diminished exposure to the arts for children. Our research aims to show the potential for addressing these three issues in tandem through a qualitative case study exploring the work of one charity, Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination (CCI). The charity undertakes arts-based projects in nature with children. In particular, this article considers the implications of CCI artist pedagogues’ perceptions of their nature-based practice for children’s well-being. The research comprised a ‘talk and draw’ focus group followed by individual interviews with CCI artists. Findings show artist pedagogues’ work has the potential to support aspects of children’s well-being through promotion of agency, developing confidence and providing inspiration to support creativity.

scholarly journals Brazilian Hydropolitics under the United Nations 2030 Agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabela Battistello Espindola ◽  
Maria Luisa Telarolli de Almeida Leite ◽  
Luis Paulo Batista da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

The global framework set forth by the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) include water resources in their scope, which emphasizes how water assets and society well-being are closely intertwined and how crucial they are to achieving sustainable development. This paper explores the role of hydropolitics in that Post-2015 Development Agenda and uses Brazilian hydropolitics set to reach SDG6 as a case study.

Case Study From the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
pp. 201-208
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
The United Kingdom

For most people, well-being is understood and experienced at a local scale. Their community or city is where housing, green spaces, social cohesion, mental health, and many other vital elements of well-being play out in daily life. Local governments and other stakeholders also tend to be the most willing and able to try innovative approaches. Local wins, in turn, inform and inspire action in other areas and often build to national change....

Design interventions to repair migrants’ mental well-being: The ‘Culture in Mind’ healing space

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-153
Author(s):  
Eleni Kalantidou
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Intercultural Understanding ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

The intention of this article is to present the transformation of a space that houses a migrant-oriented community service with a focus on mental health and well-being (Culture in Mind) into an inviting milieu, which fosters healing processes, intercultural understanding and community empowerment in Brisbane, Australia. This project, which was formed as a case study, is described through its ideation phase, the installation methods, the sourcing and use of reclaimed materials as well as the methods employed for the collection of data, including interviews conducted for the evaluation of the design interventions. In like manner, the outcomes of the data analysis are discussed in conjunction with evidence provided by relevant studies and photos collected through the documentation process. The final part of the article is dedicated to arguing the necessity of different understandings of mental health according to non-western cultural backgrounds so as to inform the design of mental health services and physical settings and enhance sentiments of privacy, safety and dignity for migrant patients.

scholarly journals Measuring Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals in Rural Area: A Case Study of Sukamantri Village in Bogor District, West Java, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofyan Sjaf ◽  
Kaswanto Kaswanto ◽  
Nia Kuniawati Hidayat ◽  
Zessy Ardinal Barlan ◽  
La Elson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Measuring Achievement ◽  
The Village ◽  
Achievement Indicators

A village is an arena for sustainable development where economic, social, cultural, environmental and political interactions occur. It has a strategic meaning for the successful achievement of the 17 indicators of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, villages have limitations in providing data and indicators to measure the achievement of SDGs based on RW. The aims of this study are to provide Precision Village Data (DDP) and use it to measure and analyze the achievement indicators of 16 out of 17 village SDGs. One of SDGs 14, namely the marine ecosystem is not measured because the research location is a terrestrial village with an altitude of 423-902 m ASL. The use of DDP in the research location with normalization and aggregation methods based on arithmetic averages made this study successful in calculating the scores of each village SDGs. Then the results of the analysis of the village DDP and SDGs were combined with spatial mapping. The results showed that the SDGs in Sukamantri Village cumulatively achieved quite good results. A total of 3 SDGs was classified as very good, 4 SDGs were classified as good, 3 SDGs were classified as good enough, 5 SDGs were lacking, and 2 SDGs were poorest. Referring to the SDGs index calculation for Sukamantri Village, the environmental pillar has the highest score and is on average very good. However, the social and economic pillars are in the poor category, the law and governance pillars are in the poorest category. This means that sustainable development in Sukamantri Village has not been achieved. The natural wealth in Sukamantri Village has not been managed to achieve the fulfillment of basic human rights that are of a just and equal quality, for the well-being of the villagers and the realization of inclusive and quality economic growth.

scholarly journals Te Rito Toi in New Zealand: A Caring Response to the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter O’Connor ◽  
Marta Estellés
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Community Recovery ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Development Goals

Te Rito Toi is an online open access educational resource designed to help teachers respond to the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic and provide all children with opportunities to engage with the arts. Central to the Te Rito Toi project was the concept of well-being, one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SGD 3). The study reported in this article delved into the perspectives of a group of New Zealand educators who used Te Rito Toi after the Covid-19 lockdown to explore the ways in which this resource helped them to engage their students in both individual and collective recovery. The analysis of the interviews revealed the following four themes: 1) building relationships and a sense of belonging; 2) enhancing communication and empathy; 3) connecting with wider social issues; and 4) contributing to community recovery.

scholarly journals Impact of Green Space Exposure on Children’s and Adolescents’ Mental Health: A Systematic Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gert-Jan Vanaken ◽  
Marina Danckaerts
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Developmental Problems ◽  
Mental Well Being

In recent years, the interest in the relationship between exposure to green spaces and children’s and adolescents’ mental health has risen. This systematic review aims to provide an overview of observational studies assessing the association between empirical green space exposure with standardized outcome measures of mental health problems, mental well-being and developmental problems in children, adolescents and young adults. The PRISMA statement guidelines for reporting systematic reviews were followed. A PubMed and Scopus search resulted in the inclusion of 21 studies. The evidence consistently suggests a beneficial association between green space exposure and children’s emotional and behavioral difficulties, particularly with hyperactivity and inattention problems. Limited evidence suggests a beneficial association with mental well-being in children and depressive symptoms in adolescents and young adults. These beneficial associations are resistant to adjustment for demographic and socio-economic confounders, which thus may represent independent links. Mediating factors and the variability of this association between different age groups are discussed. From a precautionary principle, evidence up to now demands the attention of policy makers, urban planners and mental healthcare workers in order to protect children’s and adolescents’ mental health in light of rapid global urbanization by providing sufficient exposure to green spaces.

scholarly journals Universities as the Engine of Transformational Sustainability in Delivering Against the Sustainable Development Goals: Livitabng Labs for Sustainability

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy M. Purcell ◽  
Heather A. Henriksen ◽  
Jack D. Spengler
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
First Case ◽  
Development Goals

Universities can do more to deliver against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), working with faculty, staff and students as well as their wider stakeholder community and alumni body. They play a critical role in helping shape new ways for the world, educating global citizens and delivering knowledge and innovation into society – universities can be engines of societal transformation. Here, using a case study approach, different ways of strategizing sustainability in a university setting are explored with an example from the UK, Europe and USA. The first case is a public UK university that adopted enterprise and sustainability as its academic mission to secure differentiation in a disrupted and increasingly marketized global higher education sector which then became a source of inspiration for change in regional businesses and the local community. The second case study is a business sector-led sustainability-driven transformation working with a private university in Bulgaria to catalyze economic regeneration and social innovation. Finally, the case of Harvard’s Office for Sustainability engagement program is given to show how this approach connects faculty and students with institutional sustainability plans and external partners.  Each case is a living lab, positioning sustainability as an intentional strategy. Leadership at all levels, and by students, was key to success in acting with purpose. Partnerships within and with universities can help accelerate delivery of the SDGs, with higher education making a fuller contribution to sustaining the economic, cultural and intellectual well-being of our global communities. 

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