PaRx – A Prescription for Nature

Help spread the word about the Park Prescriptions (PaRx), Canada’s national nature prescription program and how it can grow in your community.

PaRx points to hundreds of studies over several decades which have confirmed that spending time in nature has a clearly positive effect on our health. Driven by health-care professionals who want to improve their patients’ health by connecting them to nature, PaRx makes prescribing time in nature simple, fun and effective.

In this webinar you will learn:

• More about the PaRx program,
• What kind of events you could organize during June is Recreation and Parks Month to help spread the word about the health benefits of nature, and
• How to support medical professionals in your community to become prescribers of nature through PaRx.

Featuring:

• Dr. Melissa Lem, PaRx Director and President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
• Katie Fenn, CEO of BC Recreation and Parks Association
• Martin Sampson, CEO of Canadian Parks and Recreation Association

The video for this lesson is 43 minutes in length.