According to some studies, getting closer to nature, especially for city dwellers, has many benefits.
Launch of the end-of-year celebrations in Berlin, with the transformation of the city’s zoo into a Christmas garden.
Visitors can walk a two-kilometer route surrounded by lights and music. Main attraction, a castle more than 400 years old.
The opportunity for Berliners to take a breath of fresh air. According to some studies, getting closer to nature, especially for city dwellers, has many benefits.
In any case, this is what Armin-Laszlo Halbach, environmental psychologist at the Helmholtz Center in Potsdam, says: “It helps you restore all the resources you need to process information, make decisions and it has positive effects on your mood, it makes you more calm and peaceful, in a happy and positive mood.”
According to Armin-Laszlo Halbach, we must not forget to stay connected with nature despite the cold during the winter months.
The consequences of climate change are there to remind us how important it is for humans to preserve their environment.
“Try to think about the value that nature has for us and the importance of establishing a connection between man and nature, says the environmental psychologist. We tend to forget that we are highly dependent and interdependent and part of nature.”
As the sun sets at 4 p.m. in Berlin, this Christmas garden allows visitors to see the bright side of the darkness. Berliners have until January 14 to take advantage of it.
