Join us on World Mental Health Day for “Nature Prescribes,” a showcase of the Melbourne-based RECETAS project and its groundbreaking work on nature-based social prescribing.

This half-day event celebrates community-led approaches to mental health and wellbeing, particularly among diverse and underserved communities, including LGBTIQA+ asylum seekers and refugees.

With inspiring keynotes, research insights, lived experience panels, a participatory workshop on future directions and an immersive photo exhibition, the program highlights how time in nature can reduce loneliness, strengthen social connection, and improve mental health outcomes — all while supporting urban biodiversity.

What to expect:

Welcome to Country and opening by sector leaders
Keynote sessions and panels featuring health, research, and community experts
Findings from the Melbourne RECETAS project
Lived experience stories from participants and partners
Curated exhibition: “Through Our Eyes: Many Coloured Sky Reflections from Melbourne”
Networking lunch and interactive art wall
Workshop on future directions

Together, let’s explore how nature prescribes a more connected, hopeful, and inclusive future.

This event is supported by the RMIT Enabling Impacts Platform, comprising Urban Futures, Biomedical Health Innovation, and Sustainable Technologies and Systems Platforms.

This project is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Grant 945095) and by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC Grant GNT2007059)