Greenspace and (Mental) Health: What's the Evidence?
Join us to hear from Dr. Robert Feder on, Greenspace and (Mental) Health: What’s the Evidence?
Bob, who chairs the Behavioral Health Working Group and serves on the Board of Directors for NH Healthy Climate, recently retired from a 40 year career as a psychiatrist in New Hampshire. He majored in psychology at the University of Michigan, went to medical school at the University of Washington, and completed his psychiatry residency at Yale. He is active in a number of climate groups, including the Climate Psychiatry Alliance, 350NH and No Coal No Gas. He is also the American Psychiatric Association representative to the Steering Group for the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. In addition to working for greener energy, Bob enjoys singing, playing guitar, hiking, skiing, and boogie-boarding.
“I became active in NH HWCA because I feel that physicians and other healthcare professionals can play a vital role in increasing people's awareness of climate change, and ultimately reducing the factors contributing to climate change. I am also extremely concerned about the increasing role that climate change will play in the mental health of America and the rest of the world.”
— Robert Feder, M.D.