# @uwmadsohe on Facebook

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- **Original URL:** https://www.facebook.com/1642504237056710/posts/1617787959528338
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-05T17:30:15.000+00:00

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Design Studies PhD student Elizabeth Rendon was recently featured in a UW-Madison Arts on Campus story that highlighted the course Landscape Architecture 373: Mindfulness in Restorative Environments. It’s popular with students across the school, and Rendon said it has transformed her research in unexpected ways, leading to a central question: How can mindfulness and interaction with plants support mental health in dealing with isolation and confinement in extreme environments?

“I’m researching the biology of mindfulness, and how working with nature can be anti-inflammatory in your brain and help you to heal,” Rendon said, adding that she’s “designing an object that could be integrated into your home that you could use therapeutically, through mindfulness, to help you cope with isolation and confinement” and could be helpful for people like astronauts, oil rig workers — even remote workers or patients with chronic, isolating conditions, among many others: https://artsdivision.wisc.edu/2025/12/02/designing-restorative-spaces-for-everyone/

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