Feeling tired and stressed at your workplace? Potted plants in offices can improve the health of st...
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Feeling tired and stressed at your workplace? Potted plants in offices can improve the health of stressed-out workers and reduce the number of sick days they take, a study claimed.
Research carried out by the Agricultural University of Norway suggests that plants in the working environment have a beneficial health effect.
Tina Bringslimark, an expert in environmental psychology, looked at 305 office workers in three offices with differing amounts of greenery.
"We investigated the amount of self-reported sick leave there was and compared it with the amount of plants they could see from their desk.
"The more plants they could see, then the less self-reported sick leave there was." Her study builds on work at the Norwegian institution which found that plants appeared to reduce office workers' fatigue, dry throats, headaches, coughs and dry skin.
An American study, at Washington State University, found that plants reduced workers' stress and improved their reaction times by 12 per cent.
Those who worked alongside plants performed better than those in a plant-free zone when they took part in a boring computer test that required concentration for 20 to 30 minutes. Workers in a green office also had lower blood pressure and less mental fatigue.
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sunkan
green plants kept inside rooms create positive energy.......
retain moisture ... increase the oxygen level in the atmosphere .... give a cool environment ...............
avoid keeping xerophytes ( desert plants ) as far as possible
thanx for bringing this topic to the notice of sulekhites
madhavajja
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Hi sunkan
I have a few in my offce. They green certainly make the place look a lot nicer.
thanks
socrates
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Oh great...thanks for ur b'ful suggestion :)
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happy saranya,
these strive well inside. if hung tiny plants ill jump out..sunkan
you are going in for a change, try to get plants that can be there good during weekends too, u have to leave a perforated plastic packet inside the pot before you leave on friday, so that it wont dry until monday,you can also try fountains small tiny ones as they trickle the sound is soothing like you are next to a brooke...
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thanku navalji,
i am delighted with this comment from you happy, trying to bring greenery all over to improvise on oxygen..sunkan
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thanku womans love happy u commented here..sunkan
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Wow...great informative blog....I am goin to do this for sure...I'll place some potted plants around my desk.. Thanks for such a nice information :)
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To Ms. sunkan
Your article is like a fresh flower.
Naval Langa
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well said yes you are right sunkan
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