Homebuilding & Renovating

THE HEALTHY HOME PART FIVE: THE BENEFITS OF WATER TO WELLBEING

As humans, our ancestors evolved in rich, multisensory natural environments, and while rapid urbanism has meant that many of us now reside in cities, we have retained a genetic inheritance that still draws us back to a desire to be around healthy, flourishing nature-filled spaces. Different biophilic design theories help explain the magnetism of natural environments. One of the most significant is ‘blue space’ theory.

Water played such a vital role in our survival and evolution, the thinking

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