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.
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,...
New Physioplus course on Biodiversity and Physiotherapy
Adapt your physiotherapy practice for positive environmental health Environmental physical therapy is an emerging field that describes the...
Park prescriptions: Moving toward greener and more socially just healthcare
Green space is not as accessible as you think Since cities started developing in North America, there has been a move to create designated green...
Training beyond the health sciences to promote ecologically grounded physiotherapy
Humans are intrinsically and dynamically tied to the environment. Not only do we shape the environment that we inhabit, but the environment also...
Environmental physiotherapy at the bottom of the Arctic Sea
A little over one year ago, one of our first-year physiotherapy students at UiT The Arctic University of Norway wrote a fictional account of a...
Environmental Physiotherapy Education Podcast
Environmental Physiotherapy on youtube
Moving Earth – 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:
- text 250-1000 words to be sent in a word doc. The text cannot contain numbered/bullet point lists.
- 3-5 jpg images (horizontal alignment, high resolution, either from your private collection or licensed as ‘free to share and use’, sent as individual email attachments). Please send images as separate files, rather than contained with the word document
- use of references is possible, but not mandatory (always depends on your topic). If you use references, please do so using APA7th.
- a declaration clearly stating if and how AI was used in the creation of your blogpost
Regardless of contribution type, for the author info box, please also send us
- profile picture of yourself
- your current title and role
- max 40 word (2 sentences) text about yourself (check existing blogposts for some examples)
- your Linkedin handle (if you have one; alternatively a website through which people can find how to contact you)
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!