I’m not unique. Humans have long considered nature something of an organic Xanax. The Egyptians around 1550 BC, for example, had a complex network of “pleasure gardens” designed for the purpose of destressing. Cyrus the Great around 500 BC commissioned gardens for the crowded urban capital of Persia (present-day Iran) to improve his citizens’ healt

Green urbanism and biophilic city design calls for walkable neighbourhoods and bicycle-friendly towns, alongside sustainable public transport.