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== Publications ==
In 2011, Arvay published his first nonfiction book on forgotten species of vegetables. The author reached a wide readership with his second book ''Der große Bio-Schmäh'' (''The Big Organic Fraud'').<ref name=":0" /> Released in 2012, the book offered a look "behind the scenes of the supposedly picture-perfect world of organic foods,"<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |title=Blick hinter die Kulissen der heilen Bio-Welt |newspaper=Kleine Zeitung |date=26 February 2012 |page=19}}</ref> which was touted as being "a dispassionate and therefore also credible account."<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |title=Grüngewaschen: Ein neues Buch blickt hinter die Kulissen der Bio-Idylle |newspaper=Profil |date=30 January 2012 |page=73}}</ref> In 2013, in an additional book, Arvay advocated reining in "power-hungry food conglomerates" in favor of regional, small-scale farming.<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |title=Nur die regionale, kleinstrukturierte Landwirtschaft ist krisensicher |newspaper=Vorarlberger Nachrichten |date=11 March 2013}}</ref> This book also was published in Japanese.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/oganikku-raberu-no-uragawa-nijuisseiki-shokuhin-sangyo-no-shinjitsu/oclc/898691505 |title=オーガニックラベルの裏側: 21世紀食品産業の真実 |language=ja |website=WorldCat |oclc=898691505 |access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref>
 
In 2014, Arvay teamed up with the actor [[Roland Düringer]] on a book titled ''Leb wohl [[Schlaraffenland]]'' (''Farewell, Land of Plenty'') in which both authors discussed the "major philosophical questions in life."<ref>{{Cite web |language=de |url=http://www.vienna.at/roland-dueringers-verzicht-experiment-leb-wohl-schlaraffenland/3833331 |title=Leb wohl, Schlaraffenland: Roland Düringers Verzicht-Experiment |author=Daniela Herger |website=Vienna Online |date=11 February 2014 |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> As an experiment, Düringer decided to do without modern advances and to live according to the way things were 40 years ago.<ref>{{Cite web |language=de |url=http://www.heute.at/szene/kultur/story/21194031 |title=Düringer mit neuem Buch über Verzicht-Experiment |website=Heute |date=10 November 2013 |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> In the course of additional activities as an author, Arvay once again took on the ramifications of [[industrial farming]], in his book published in 2014, having to do above all with the artificial standardization of food by policymakers and industry, along with the practices of large seed producers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |language=de |url=https://derstandard.at/1395364883446/Hilfe-unser-Essen-wird-normiert |title=Agrarbiologe warnt vor normiertem Essen |newspaper=Der Standard |date=16 April 2014 |access-date=19 June 2018}}</ref>
 
In ''Der Biophilia-Effekt'' (''The Biophilia Effect'', 2015) and ''Das Biophilia-Training'' (''The Biophilia Training'', 2016), the author analyzed the healing effect of the forest.<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |title=Waldspaziergang schlägt Wellness |newspaper=Kronen Zeitung |date=12 April 2015 |page=44}}</ref> In the two books, Arvay touted the forest as the "best fitness gym in the world";<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |author=Julia Pflig |title=Das beste Fitnessstudio der Welt |newspaper=[[Kurier]] |date=24 April 2016 |page=34}}</ref> The English edition of The Biophilia Effect was published in 2018.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/biophilia-effect-a-scientific-and-spiritual-exploration-of-the-healing-bond-between-humans-and-nature/oclc/991585178|title=The Biophilia Effect: A Scientific and Spiritual Exploration of the Healing Bond Between Humans and Nature|website=WorldCat|oclc=991585178|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref> It contains a foreword by biologist [[Marc Bekoff]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/animal-emotions/201801/the-biophilia-effect-exploring-the-healing-power-nature|title=The Biophilia Effect: Exploring the Healing Power of Nature|last=Marc|first=Bekoff|date=10 January 2018|website=Psychology Today|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref> In 2016, Arvay revisited this topic in a book entitled ''Der Heilungscode der Natur'' (''The Healing Code of Nature'', 2018).<ref>{{Cite news |language=de |author=Claudia Richter |title=Hilfe aus dem Wald: Bäume als Medizin |date=4 September 2016 |newspaper=Die Presse |page=34}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bookauthority.org/books/new-psychosomatic-medicine-books |title=5 Best New Psychosomatic Medicine Books To Read In 2019 |website=Bookauthority |access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> Specifically, the work discusses the positive effects of plants and animals on the [[Immune system|human immune system]].<ref>{{Cite web |language=de |url=http://www.swr.de/swr1/bw/programm/leute/arvay-clemens-biologe/-/id=1895042/did=17838394/nid=1895042/1julljb/index.html |title=Clemens Arvay, Biologe |publisher=Südwestrundfunk |date=12 August 2016 |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> His work ''Biophilia in der Stadt'' (''Biophilia in the City'', 2018) deals with the effects of nature and green spaces on urban [[public health]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Saurugger|first=Sonja|date=17 July 2018|title="Knallharte Betonflächen lösen chronischen Stress aus"|url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/lebensart/gesundheit/5464997/Natur-in-der-Stadt_Knallharte-Betonflaechen-loesen-Stress-aus|access-date=10 June 2020|publisher=Kleine Zeitung (in German)}}</ref> Brain scientist [[Gerald Hüther]] wrote the foreword to the book.<ref>{{Cite web |language=de |url=http://d-nb.info/1144289718 |title=Katalog |publisher=[[German National Library]] |access-date=8 June 2018}}</ref> In the book ''Mit den Bäumen wachsen wir in den Himmel: Autistische Kinder mit der Heilkraft des Waldes fördern'' (''Forest therapy and the autism spectrum: advancing the development of children through biodiversity'', 2019), Arvay describes developmental opportunities in the forest for children on the [[autism spectrum]], supporting his explanations with current research.
 
In 2019, the ''International Handbook of Forest Therapy'' was published by [[Cambridge Scholars Publishing]]; it consists of two chapters that are written by Arvay.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Qing Li|title=International Handbook of Forest Therapy|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2019|isbn=978-1-5275-3955-6|pages=32, 42}}</ref> In 2020 he published ''Wir können es besser'' (''We Can Do Better''), claiming a correlation between environmental damages, loss of [[biodiversity]], and the emergence and spread of [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wir können es besser|url=https://www.luebbe.de/quadriga/buecher/gesundheit/wir-koennen-es-besser/id_8458398|access-date=13 September 2020|website=Bastei Luebbe Publishing Germany|language=de}}</ref> Arvay's book ''Die Naturgeschichte des Immunsystems'' (''The Natural History of the Immune System'') was published in 2022 by Quadriga, [[Bastei Lübbe]]. It deals with the [[Evolution|evolutionary]] development of the [[Immune system|immune systems]] of [[Human|humans]], [[Animal|animals]], and [[Plant|plants]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Klüpfel & Kobr und Gisa Pauly räumen ab |url=https://www.boersenblatt.net/news/bestseller/kluepfel-kobr-und-gisa-pauly-raeumen-ab-238945 |access-date=17 July 2022 |website=Börsenblatt |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lesering.de |date=5 May 2022 |title=Spiegel Bestsellerliste: Klüpfel und Kobr mit "Affenhitze" auf Platz 1 - Aktuelles - Lesering.de |url=https://www.lesering.de/id/4905862/Spiegel-Bestsellerliste-Klupfel-und-Kobr-mit-Affenhitze-auf-Platz-1/ |access-date=17 July 2022 |website=Lesering Deutschland}}</ref>