The issues outlined in this article are specific to the Everglades, but the problems and concerns around aspects of soil subsidence is something impacting soils across the planet.

The article, “Psychological Benefits of Walking through Forest Areas,” published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health in 2018 has found that even a brief walk in natural areas surrounded by trees lowered negative feelings such as “depression-dejection”, “tension-anxiety”, “anger-hostility”, “fatigue”, and “confusion” while increasing “vigor”.

As consumers, we are constantly using and disposing new products and packaging every day. These items and plastics we throw away are referred to as municipal solid waste (MSW) which is put into landfills, recycling centers, composted, or burned for energy recovery.