🍁 John Zelenski
@johnzelenski.bsky.social
Psychology professor interested in personality, happiness, nature, sustainability, improving our science, and so much more. 🇨🇦
Author of Positive Psychology: The Science of Well-Being (Sage).
https://carleton.ca/happinesslab/dr-zelenski/
Author of Positive Psychology: The Science of Well-Being (Sage).
https://carleton.ca/happinesslab/dr-zelenski/
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🍁 John Zelenski
@johnzelenski.bsky.social
· Sep 25
This seems like a fun way to start an introduction.
Word cloud of PubMed abstract words for anyone to try: shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/pu...
Word cloud of PubMed abstract words for anyone to try: shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/pu...
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Two new RCT articles out testing nature-based wellbeing interventions against the most popular Positive Psychology Intervention: 3 Good Things. In both studies, nature-based interventions boosted wb without spending more time in nature, & boosted unique aspects of wb.
nmil.ca/pubs/article...
nmil.ca/pubs/article...
Dr H!A! Passmore : Publications
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October 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Two new RCT articles out testing nature-based wellbeing interventions against the most popular Positive Psychology Intervention: 3 Good Things. In both studies, nature-based interventions boosted wb without spending more time in nature, & boosted unique aspects of wb.
nmil.ca/pubs/article...
nmil.ca/pubs/article...
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@mindingthebrain.bsky.social episode: @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews @johnzelenski.bsky.social and Dan Rubinstein about the psychological benefits of being out in nature. mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/10/01/e... @carleton.ca @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social
@mindingthebrain.bsky.social
@mindingthebrain.bsky.social
a waterfall is surrounded by trees and rocks with the sun shining through the trees
ALT: a waterfall is surrounded by trees and rocks with the sun shining through the trees
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October 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
@mindingthebrain.bsky.social episode: @drjimdavies.bsky.social interviews @johnzelenski.bsky.social and Dan Rubinstein about the psychological benefits of being out in nature. mindingthebrainpodcast.com/2025/10/01/e... @carleton.ca @carleton-cogsci.bsky.social
@mindingthebrain.bsky.social
@mindingthebrain.bsky.social
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This is an excellent analysis of what has been happening to post-secondary education in Ontario. It succinctly describes how the tuition cut and freeze by Ford directly lead to the explosion of international students, and how under funded ON universities are.
thelocal.to/ontario-post...
thelocal.to/ontario-post...
Ontario’s Post-Secondary Education Crisis in Five Figures | The Local
Stagnant provincial funding, a domestic tuition freeze, cuts to international students, and expensive capital projects—the numbers behind the emergency in higher education.
thelocal.to
September 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is an excellent analysis of what has been happening to post-secondary education in Ontario. It succinctly describes how the tuition cut and freeze by Ford directly lead to the explosion of international students, and how under funded ON universities are.
thelocal.to/ontario-post...
thelocal.to/ontario-post...
Yes, we urgently need more trees here, and it seems like we are losing them faster than new ones are planted. @arieltroster.com
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
8 Ottawa neighbourhoods urgently need more trees. Here's where they are | CBC News
As part of the inaugural 'tree equity' analysis, city staff have identified eight priority areas across the city where more trees are badly needed.
www.cbc.ca
September 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Yes, we urgently need more trees here, and it seems like we are losing them faster than new ones are planted. @arieltroster.com
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What makes GOOD evidence? A perspective from environmental professionals. authors.elsevier.com/c/1leNC5Ce0r...
authors.elsevier.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What makes GOOD evidence? A perspective from environmental professionals. authors.elsevier.com/c/1leNC5Ce0r...
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Just in time for a course revision!
August 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Just in time for a course revision!
Nature Relatedness Usefully Links Well-Being, the Environment, and Sustainability.
The title says it all.
Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access).
@hapassmore.bsky.social
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journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The title says it all.
Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access).
@hapassmore.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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August 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Nature Relatedness Usefully Links Well-Being, the Environment, and Sustainability.
The title says it all.
Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access).
@hapassmore.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The title says it all.
Check our our new brief review in Current Directions in Psychological Science (free to access).
@hapassmore.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I guess this is the final end of this story. Many pleasant memories of these cats on the hill...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The end of an era: Last feline from Parliament Hill cat colony dies | CBC News
After putting his name furrward for prime minister and bringing joy to millions of people, the last feline from the beloved former cat colony on Parliament Hill has died.
www.cbc.ca
July 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I guess this is the final end of this story. Many pleasant memories of these cats on the hill...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This morning I talked about the benefits of adding some nature to your day on 730 CKNW in Vancouver.
You can listen to the segment here:
open.spotify.com/episode/7mUK...
You can listen to the segment here:
open.spotify.com/episode/7mUK...
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June 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This morning I talked about the benefits of adding some nature to your day on 730 CKNW in Vancouver.
You can listen to the segment here:
open.spotify.com/episode/7mUK...
You can listen to the segment here:
open.spotify.com/episode/7mUK...
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We are nature. So why aren't we more connected to it?
Dr. Holli-Anne Passmore, Dr. Loraine Lavallee, and Dr. Natalia Cooper appeared on The Signal with Adam Walsh on CBC in St. John's on June 12th, the first day of #CPA2025
See the whole fascinating discussion on YouTube:
Dr. Holli-Anne Passmore, Dr. Loraine Lavallee, and Dr. Natalia Cooper appeared on The Signal with Adam Walsh on CBC in St. John's on June 12th, the first day of #CPA2025
See the whole fascinating discussion on YouTube:
The Signal | We are nature. So why aren't we more connected to it?
Today on the show three psychology experts talk about the importance of the connection to nature - the real impacts of wellbeing, what does 'connecting to na...
buff.ly
June 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We are nature. So why aren't we more connected to it?
Dr. Holli-Anne Passmore, Dr. Loraine Lavallee, and Dr. Natalia Cooper appeared on The Signal with Adam Walsh on CBC in St. John's on June 12th, the first day of #CPA2025
See the whole fascinating discussion on YouTube:
Dr. Holli-Anne Passmore, Dr. Loraine Lavallee, and Dr. Natalia Cooper appeared on The Signal with Adam Walsh on CBC in St. John's on June 12th, the first day of #CPA2025
See the whole fascinating discussion on YouTube:
It was a pleasure to speak with Dana Milbank for this story, and another pleasure to read about his recent nature experiences.
How nature improves our cognition, our mood and much else. Lessons from the Appalachian Trail — and from scientists studying nature’s impact on our wellbeing. Gift link to my latest @postopinions.bsky.social column. wapo.st/4kJERXT
Opinion | We know time in nature fixes our brains. Here’s why.
Experimental science is proving what humanity has known, intuitively, for generations.
wapo.st
June 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It was a pleasure to speak with Dana Milbank for this story, and another pleasure to read about his recent nature experiences.
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👀 Want to compare Costa Rica and Cambodia, or take a look at Libya and Luxembourg? How about examining Ecuador and Estonia?
Dive into our open-access Happiness Dashboard, powered by Gallup, and explore global #wellbeing data over the past two decades.👇
data.worldhappiness.report
Dive into our open-access Happiness Dashboard, powered by Gallup, and explore global #wellbeing data over the past two decades.👇
data.worldhappiness.report
June 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
👀 Want to compare Costa Rica and Cambodia, or take a look at Libya and Luxembourg? How about examining Ecuador and Estonia?
Dive into our open-access Happiness Dashboard, powered by Gallup, and explore global #wellbeing data over the past two decades.👇
data.worldhappiness.report
Dive into our open-access Happiness Dashboard, powered by Gallup, and explore global #wellbeing data over the past two decades.👇
data.worldhappiness.report
Yes, well worth a listen!
This is a really interesting episode. First, I always learn a lot from listening to/reading Robin Wall Kimmerer. But second, it's also interesting to hear an economist (the host) wrestle with Indigenous Ways of Knowing and ideas like gift economies.
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159. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift Economy
People I (Mostly) Admire · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Yes, well worth a listen!
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Do you know anyone who is missing a sheep?!?
May 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Do you know anyone who is missing a sheep?!?
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🎂 This year, we celebrate the 🔟th anniversary of The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)!🥳 🎉
In a blog post, we discuss:
✨ Brief history of SIPS,
✨ SIPS achievements,
✨ Reflections on what we have achieved and what the future holds!
buff.ly/Bw38P8c
#PsychSciSky
In a blog post, we discuss:
✨ Brief history of SIPS,
✨ SIPS achievements,
✨ Reflections on what we have achieved and what the future holds!
buff.ly/Bw38P8c
#PsychSciSky
SIPS 10 Year Anniversary 2025
This year we are proudly celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)! SIPS is a service organisation aiming to promote higher quality, mor…
buff.ly
May 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🎂 This year, we celebrate the 🔟th anniversary of The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)!🥳 🎉
In a blog post, we discuss:
✨ Brief history of SIPS,
✨ SIPS achievements,
✨ Reflections on what we have achieved and what the future holds!
buff.ly/Bw38P8c
#PsychSciSky
In a blog post, we discuss:
✨ Brief history of SIPS,
✨ SIPS achievements,
✨ Reflections on what we have achieved and what the future holds!
buff.ly/Bw38P8c
#PsychSciSky
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Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you reconnect with the natural world and inspire wonder in your school community. 🌿
Download the clickable calendar with daily tips here:
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... #EduSky 🤗
Download the clickable calendar with daily tips here:
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... #EduSky 🤗
May 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you reconnect with the natural world and inspire wonder in your school community. 🌿
Download the clickable calendar with daily tips here:
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... #EduSky 🤗
Download the clickable calendar with daily tips here:
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... #EduSky 🤗
It may be possible to connect with nature a bit too much. (Yet this sounds like a nice contribution--thanks Tim.)
Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.
He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom
Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites from black mambas, taipans, cobras and many others.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It may be possible to connect with nature a bit too much. (Yet this sounds like a nice contribution--thanks Tim.)
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Want to support organized peer review of preprints in psychology? Sign up to become a reviewer or recommender (associate editor) of PCI Psychology here: psych.peercommunityin.org/default/user...
April 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Want to support organized peer review of preprints in psychology? Sign up to become a reviewer or recommender (associate editor) of PCI Psychology here: psych.peercommunityin.org/default/user...
It was a pleasure to chat with Graihagh Jackson about nature, well-being, and sustainability for The Climate Question on BBC World.
There are also stories about connecting with nature, with conservation education for kids in Kenya and a South African VR company.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
There are also stories about connecting with nature, with conservation education for kids in Kenya and a South African VR company.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Climate Question - Could a love of nature bring out the eco-hero in you? - BBC Sounds
Research suggests that the more time we spend in nature, the more we try to protect it
www.bbc.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It was a pleasure to chat with Graihagh Jackson about nature, well-being, and sustainability for The Climate Question on BBC World.
There are also stories about connecting with nature, with conservation education for kids in Kenya and a South African VR company.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
There are also stories about connecting with nature, with conservation education for kids in Kenya and a South African VR company.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This looks like fun, and the City Nature Challenge happens many places --not just Ottawa!
#cityofottawa natural challenge, coming soon...Share your sightings for the City Nature Challenge, April 25 to 28 ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Lichens and tiger beetles and beeches – oh my! Share your sightings for the City Nature Challenge. | City of Ottawa
ottawa.ca
April 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This looks like fun, and the City Nature Challenge happens many places --not just Ottawa!
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If you want scholarly publishing to be more aligned with scholarly values, then try out Lifecycle Journal.
If you embrace transparency, then you can do your research in the Lifecycle Journal without risking publishing in the existing system if you later decide to do so. A🧵
lifecyclejournal.org
If you embrace transparency, then you can do your research in the Lifecycle Journal without risking publishing in the existing system if you later decide to do so. A🧵
lifecyclejournal.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you want scholarly publishing to be more aligned with scholarly values, then try out Lifecycle Journal.
If you embrace transparency, then you can do your research in the Lifecycle Journal without risking publishing in the existing system if you later decide to do so. A🧵
lifecyclejournal.org
If you embrace transparency, then you can do your research in the Lifecycle Journal without risking publishing in the existing system if you later decide to do so. A🧵
lifecyclejournal.org
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The Jack Pine
Tom Thomson
1916-1917
Tom Thomson
1916-1917
April 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Jack Pine
Tom Thomson
1916-1917
Tom Thomson
1916-1917
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#OttCity’s Plant Your Place! program kicks off today, March 31. You can now apply to receive a free tree for your property.
Help us build a greener, more sustainable future because tomorrow takes root today.
Find out more: envirocentre.ca/plant-your-p...
Help us build a greener, more sustainable future because tomorrow takes root today.
Find out more: envirocentre.ca/plant-your-p...
March 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#OttCity’s Plant Your Place! program kicks off today, March 31. You can now apply to receive a free tree for your property.
Help us build a greener, more sustainable future because tomorrow takes root today.
Find out more: envirocentre.ca/plant-your-p...
Help us build a greener, more sustainable future because tomorrow takes root today.
Find out more: envirocentre.ca/plant-your-p...