Moving Earth
– The Environmental Physiotherapy Association Blog –
Regular news, events and ideas on all things environmental physiotherapy.
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.
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.
Connecting with nature as homework in physiotherapy – A Bsc thesis reflection
There is rarely a day when I don't go out, because I feel like my body really calls for it. Physiotherapy starts within us, within you, within...
Building a bridge between landscape architecture & physiotherapy
Physical Environment & Health It is well documented that the physical environment influences population health, has an impact on chronic...
The 2nd Environmental Physiotherapy Roundtable – coming soon!
Nearly exactly one year after the first ever Environmental Physiotherapy Roundtable, we are pleased to invite you to the second iteration of our...
Can pre-operative physiotherapy reduce the carbon footprint of hospitals?
Healthcare systems have a significant carbon footprint generated through basic infrastructure, medical diagnostic and surgical procedures, as well...
Enhancing the environmental sustainability of AHP Services for a Net Zero NHS
In January 2020 Sir Simon Stevens the chief executive of NHS England and Improvement detailed a commitment to a Greener National Health Service...
Presenting the EPT Agenda 2023 at the Canadian Conference for Global Health
This poster was developed for the Canadian Conference on Global Health: Global Health in a Changing Climate held from 19-22 October 2020. You can...
They are not “natural” disasters, but disasters of vulnerability
Shaun and Mathieu are physiotherapists with experience in disaster response. They were accepted to present a workshop at the Canadian Physiotherapy...
New video and podcast on environmental physiotherapy education
My brain is still buzzing with thoughts and ideas after two back-to-back conferences that featured contributions on environmental physiotherapy...
The EPA joins the Planetary Health Alliance
We are excited to have joined the Planetary Health Alliance, a consortium of over 200 universities, non-governmental organizations, research...
A voice for our education – Student’s perspectives on the EPT Agenda 2023
It’s 2020. The threat of climate change is ever increasing and we now have a greater understanding than ever of how the environment impacts our...
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!