Vision & Mission
The Forest Therapy Hub (FTHub) is a group of professionals from different countries who offer innovative and unique training programmes based on their actual applied professional experience and the practical implementation of scientific evidence.
Our Vision
Empower individuals and professionals worldwide through green health education, nature connection, respect for diversity, social action, and collaborative research, forging Planetary Health.
Our Mission
Mobilise and lead the interdisciplinary field of health and well-being green education rooted in nature and science, fostering interdisciplinary leadership, respect for diversity, catalyse social action, and research-driven collective progress for Planetary Health.
Elements of our Mission:
- Contribute and support the full realisation in all its dimensions of the potential of the team and students who cooperate with us.
- Facilitate the education and training of current and next-generation professionals through programmes, courses and practical tutorials that integrate the most recent research, international nature connection practices and ancestral wisdom.
- Build bridges between people and nature to satisfy the need to interact with nature, so that people can access the restoration of their health affordably, generating a desire to protect the environment.
- Integrate health and well-being practices based on nature and scientific evidence, in health systems for health promotion, disease prevention and mental, social and physical health treatment.
- Respect the social, cultural and environmental context in which our students and collaborators develop their lives, relationships and professional activities.
- Collaborate, finance and disseminate social action projects that connect human and planetary health, with a special focus on community development and groups with specific needs.
- Participate, promote and disseminate scientific research projects that enhance the commitment between society, the private sector and governments, promoting collective knowledge.
Our Goals
Design and implement training programmes applicable to the professional practices of students in various fields, such as ecotourism, well-being practices, coaching, social work and education, occupational therapy, preventive medicine and clinical treatment, among others.
Create, evaluate and consolidate models of nature-based interventions for specific groups.
Establish a solid international network of professionals to exchange knowledge, share experiences and support local traditions.
