GreenME

GreenME is a Horizon Europe project that aims to identify ways in which effective nature-based therapy and a broader green care framework can be scaled-up to improve adult mental health and wellbeing equity while contributing to multiple socio-ecological co-benefits. We define green care as a three-scale continuum from nature-in-everyday-life (e.g., the existence of green and blue infrastructure for viewing and walks) to nature-based health promotion (the promotion of active interaction with nature such as gardening and conservation) to nature-based therapy (the provision of treatment for individual patients). GreenME is implementing three phases: 1) to assess the current situation of green care; 2) to produce new robust evidence understand how different aspects of green care relate to mental health and wellbeing equity in various settings; and 3) to develop co-created tools with green care providers to expand green care services. GreenME consortium parters are located in Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Poland, the UK, Belgium and the US.