Nature Rx

Nature Rx @ Warren Wilson College

At Warren Wilson College, nestled in the beautiful Western North Carolina Mountains, we are taking a place-based approach to address our mental health challenges through building connection to each other, ourselves, and Nature. We are a part of the Work College Consortium, meaning that all of our students work at the college, including in mental health. Our Wellness Crew and Nature Rx Club work alongside our traditional approaches to mental health to increase our students' mental health toolkits and provide opportunities for students to deepen their relationship with our natural environment through intentional programming, resource sharing, improving our trails, and helping students to rekindle their relationship with our land after the impact of Hurricane Helene. Through the development of wellness trails, a new campus map that focuses on access to spaces that are safe and healthy for all identities, and creating a peer-support network, we are building a safer and healthier place for our community.