“For more than 30 years, science has gathered incredible knowledge about the benefits that connecting with nature has on our health and well-being. We believe that it is urgent today to integrate this knowledge and to put it into practice: in schools, in hospitals, the workplace and with disadvantaged people, nature should benefit all levels of society. If we want to pursue the quest of progress without paying a human and environmental price that would render this very progress useless, we can no longer forget our connection with nature.”
This is the mission of the University in Nature, initially created in Quebec and active since 2021 in Luxembourg.
On the occasion of its month dedicated to biodiversity, IMS Luxembourg invites you to slow down for a (re)connection to nature and a lunch conference with the founder of the University in Nature and its general coordinator. The event offers the opportunity to go back to the source of the complex relationships that link individuals to nature. It is also an opportunity to explore why it is important to preserve these relationships for the well-being of each individual and for a prosperous society.
On to the agenda:
- 9.00am to noon: Immersion in the forest for a nature (re)connection activity with Julie Schadeck
- 12:30 to 2:00 pm: Conference and exchanges on reconnecting to nature with Hubert Mansion
(without obligation to participate in the reconnection to nature even if recommended, please contact laura.mullenders@imslux.lu for this type of request)
Number of participants limited to 20 people
When? Friday 29th of April 2022 from 9.00 am to noon for the (re)connection to nature and from 12.30 to 2.00 pm for the lunch conference part
Where? Ramborn / 23 Duerfstrooss / 6660 Rouspert-Mompech / Luxembourg
Note: If desired, organised transport is provided for participants from Luxembourg City
For who? Any person employed in one of the IMS member organisations
Event in French and English
In collaboration with
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Julie Schadeck is the General Coordinator at l’Université dans la Nature (UdN). As an Ecoleader and UdN Certified Guide, she gets to live her passion of helping people reconnect to and understand the true value of nature. She holds an MBA in Movement Therapy from Columbia College Chicago. She also serves as the Expansion Manager at Doors Project, an educational non-profit, bringing education to vulnerable populations in Thailand, Cambodia, Bangladesh, and India. After living in the United States for the last 12 years, she recently moved back to Luxembourg where she hopes to keep helping others explore the nature within and around them.
Hubert Mansion created the University in Nature after a long stay in isolation in nature following a serious burnout episode. Convinced that contact with the natural environment offers contemporary society solutions to the challenges of meaning and mental health, he has worked tirelessly to bring scientific research on the benefits of nature to the attention of decision-makers. Hubert Mansion is the author of numerous books.