Environmental Wellness: to create an clean, environmentally and biologically non-toxic environment in which you can reduce stress, be comfortable, and engage in healthy home practices.
Resources to Read
In this article by DBSA, you can read about how you can change your natural environment to promote wellness in your everyday life.
In this brief La Clinica article you can read about ways in which you can positively impact the environment and community around you while working to boost your own environmental wellness.
In this blog by Dr. Steve Aldana, CEO of wellness program developers WellSteps presents seven reasons why environmental wellness programs should be part of every company and organization's culture.
In this environmental wellness article published in a wellness series by the American Nurses Association, the importance of the environment to our body, mind, and spirit are discussed and useful tips provided.
Resources to Watch
Dr. Alaa Bierman, DrPH health educator at the health education department of Beaver Medical Group presents environmental wellness as it relates to the wellness wheel. The main focus of the video starts at 3minutes 45 seconds; ending at 11 minutes 50 seconds.
Todd Mitchem for Vibra Healthcare presents some clarity about environmental wellness and how we can view this from an internal perspective and how we can change our immediate environment to improve environmental wellness.
In this video, Dr. Michelle Clay gives advice on how to improve your environmental wellness at work, home, and in your personal temperament.
Resources to Engage
In this PDF guide from SAMHSA focus on reading page thirteen, then to extend the activity and engage for personal reflection and wellness fill in page fourteen.
This link to the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health website provides an interactive guide to evaluate and improve environmental through seven strategies.
This wellness bucket list from the Sheridan Student Union at Sheridan College provides some ideas to engage wellness starting with environmental wellness and expanding into other areas explored in the circle of wellness.