MOVING EARTH
The Environmental Physiotherapy Association Blog features regular news, events and ideas on all things Environmental Physiotherapy.
The contributions presented in this blog do not necessarily represent the opinions and values of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association as such. Rather, they represent the thoughts and work of contributing authors and through these, an open and ongoing discussion of what an environmentally aware and responsible is, could and should be.
Please use our contact form if you are interested in contributing to Moving Earth: The Environmental Physiotherapy Association Blog. Contributions in any language and any format on all potentially related topics welcome! Please see our contribution guidelines at the bottom of this page. We appreciate your help in developing and advancing an environmentally aware and responsible physiotherapy profession across research, education and clinical practice.
Occupational Therapists for Environmental Action
The Occupational Therapists for Environmental Action (OTEA) is an American network of occupational therapy (OT) practitioners, researchers,...
Environmental physiotherapy and ENPHE The European Network of Physiotherapy in Higher Education
Exciting news seem a near regularity in environmental physiotherapy now. And why not. With so much that still needs doing, we need them very much....
Breaking up the boundaries of our profession and creating something meaningful – Living the Oneness of One Health
Things are packed, and the passport is ready. Now it's just a matter of getting on the train and embarking on an adventure. Quite unexpectedly, as a...
How do you touch an impossible thing?
Here’s a question to ponder: When you think about the physical therapies — touch, movement, exercise, electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, and so on — do...
World Physiotherapy policy statement on climate change and health: Time to give your feedback now!
In the most exciting news for the rapidly growing world of environmental physiotherapy, World Physiotherapy, the sole international voice for...
Upcoming EPT Webinar: What Do You Stand For? A Journey Into the World of Environmental Physiotherapy
What Do You Stand For? A Journey Into the World of Environmental Physiotherapy We are living in complex and challenging times. As actors in health...
How physiotherapy can take a central role in primary healthcare and climate change
Studying physiotherapy sparked my passion for what we call the ‘health care system’, and more specifically primary healthcare. I decided to follow...
Sommerhitze: Eine Gefahr für Ihre Patient*innen? Physiotherapeut*innen für Gesprächsrunde gesucht
Gemeinsam mit meinem Forschungsteam forsche ich zu Gesundheitsschutz bei Hitzeextremen in Deutschland (Projekt HAP-DE - Analyse von...
Gesundheit braucht Klimaschutz – drei Tage auf Messe und Kongress therapie Leipzig
„Irritieren und Inspirieren“ war gemeinsam mit dem Health For Future (H4F) - Slogan „Gesundheit braucht Klimaschutz“ unser Motto. Unser Ziel war,...
Observations from being an environmental coordinator at a Norwegian hospital
Three years ago I was appointed as “environmental coordinator” of the physiotherapy department at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway,...
Environmental Physiotherapy Education Podcast
Environmental Physiotherapy on youtube
Moving Earth – Soft contribution guidelines for blogposts:
Text, video, audio, image and other types of contributions in any language are all welcome.
If you contribute a text, we will need the following:
- max 1000 words
- 3-5 jpg images (landscape format, high resolution, either from your private collection or licensed as ‘free to share and use’, sent as email attachments)
- use of references possible, but not mandatory (always depends on your topic). If you do use references, please do so using a consistent format, preferably APA6th
Regardless of contribution type, for the author info box, please also send us
- profile picture of yourself
- your current title and role
- max 50 word (2-3 sentences) text about yourself (check existing blogposts for some examples)
- your twitter and Linkedin links (depending on which you have)
We appreciate your effort and support in developing and advancing environmental physiotherapy in all of its facets, and look forward to reviewing your draft contribution!