W.Bird, Nature as health ressource. Natural thinking. Thinking ahead.pdf. William Bird (doctor) Dr William Bird (MBE) is a general practitioner in Reading, Berkshire, England.[2] He has set up schemes to encourage people in the United Kingdom to exercise in order to promote good health, and he was awarded an MBE for his contributions to health and physical activity in the Queen's New Year Honours 2010.[1] In 2009 he was nominated by the Independent of Sunday as one of the 100 people to make people happy in Britain.[3] Bird helped to set up a health forecasting unit at the Met Office where he was clinical director for five years.[4][5] The forecasts help the public and health professionals plan for of weather-related illness.[6] Bird set up the first Green Gym at Sonning Common, Oxfordshire in 1998 to promote physical activity and well-being in the participants who volunteer to work on environmental or conservation projects.
William Bird Interview.