Happy Places for a Happy New Year
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Happy New Year from Save Our Happy Place your weekly pop of environmental & climate activism! We hope you had a joyful and triumphant holiday season. Instead of hitting the ground running, we want to take this first week of 2022 to connect with the “why” behind the work we do in the climate movement. With the stress of the holidays, covid, and the pressure of creating a happy new year, and a happy new you - let’s take a moment to destress with our happy places.
Happy Places for a Happy New Year
Nature & Mindfulness to Put Your Best Foot Foward in 2022
To kick off the new year we’re channeling the origin story of Save Our Happy Place. In moments of quiet meditation while being prompted to imagine my happy place - my mind would always go to my family’s backyard, a recent outdoor vacation spot, or my favorite nook in Prospect Park. As I’m sure it does for you too, the great outdoors has always brought me solemn, peace, and joy. In order to bring our best selves to the climate movement this year, let’s take a moment to connect to our happy places. Whether you’re imagining them, visiting them, or finding new ways to support them, connecting with nature has documented benefits.
Exposure to nature has been linked to improved attention, lower stress, better mood, reduced risk of psychiatric disorders and even upticks in empathy and cooperation. - American Psychological Association
Four Ways to Connect Your Happy Place in 2022
Meditate
Follow this meditation to visualize your happy place. It will inspire you to look within and remind you that your happy place is always available to you. Meditate on your happy place.
Forest Bathing
Disconnect from technology and reconnect with nature through the Japanese art of forest bathing. Learn more about forest bathing.
Find a New Happy Place
You can have more than one! Use this tool to find a beautiful new park near you. Find a park.
Support National Parks
There are so many ways to support and get involved with our beautiful national parks. Learn how to get involved here.
Resolutions for a Happier Planet
We all know that making resolutions is easy, but keeping them is another story. That’s why we’re making it a piece of cake for you to keep your sustainability and climate resolutions this year. Each week Save Our Happy Place will send you a few simple, quick, and FREE actions to take towards saving the planet making it easy for you to keep your resolutions.
Have a friend that would enjoy taking action with you? Share this newsletter with them and help save the planet together.
How To Recycle or Repurpose Your Yule Tree
Whether you want to keep enjoying your real Christmas tree well into the new year, or you’re ready to move on from the holiday season, here are 10 easy and fun ways to either recycle or repurpose your real yule tree. These solutions are your best sustainable solutions.
Some Rays of Sunshine
Headlines We’re Happy to See
The thought of the sheer consumption around the holidays can be dizzying, but there is reason to be optimistic about consumer trends. Here are a few pieces of good news:
The majority of Americans support companies taking climate-friendly action. - Read More
Patagonia donates all $10 Million of its Black Friday sales to saving the planet. - Read More
Amazon and Ikea commit to zero-emission shipping by 2040. - Read More
