<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1359311e-ee8b-43fe-bacb-3ab282a7c32f/4451CFAD-C534-427B-8761-704B8E6AC457/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/259/nature-makes-us-nicer-according-to-new-study.html" href="http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/259/nature-makes-us-nicer-according-to-new-study.html" style="font-size: 11px;">green.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/259/nature-makes-us-nicer-according-to-new-study.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/green.yahoo.com/img/6B733C5E-D870-4030-8E9A-68CF2C85D38A" alt="woman on mountain / iStockPhoto" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/259/nature-makes-us-nicer-according-to-new-study.html">Not only can a walk in the park be relaxing, looking at greenery can actually improve your relationships and make you more generous. That's what a <A href="http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=3450">University of Rochester</A> research team discovered in a series of studies <A href="http://psp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/10/1315">published</A> on October 1, 2009.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/259/nature-makes-us-nicer-according-to-new-study.html">Nearly 400 people looked at photos of either natural environments or man-made landscapes. Then these participants answered questions about the importance of personal relationships, community, wealth, and fame. In some of the studies, people were also given $5 to keep or pass along to another participant.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/259/nature-makes-us-nicer-according-to-new-study.html">People who looked at pictures of nature in the study placed a high value on being connected to other people in their lives and community. These same people were more likely to share their money with others. The people who only looked at urban cityscapes didn't rate relationships or generosity as very important. They placed more emphasis on wealth and fame.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/259/nature-makes-us-nicer-according-to-new-study.html"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qStpomHCtHI&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="never" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4451CFAD-C534-427B-8761-704B8E6AC457/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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