There are a few ways that nature and lighting can be beneficial for your mental health. If you’re having trouble sleeping at night, this study suggests going camping for the weekend as a means of resetting your body’s natural rhythm. This other study says that bird watching is good for your general attitude and emotional wellbeing
But this study from Japan has a stunning solution for curbing suicide attempts: blue-colored lights.
According to CityLab, Japanese railways have been attempting to stop train station suicides throughout their metropolitan areas for some years now, but the implementation is tricky. Tokyo is currently working towards their goal of installing preventative barricades in all 243 of their stations by 2023 – but the barriers are expensive to construct, and many train…
