by Alaa Noureldeen Kora | Mar 2, 2026 | Physiotherapy Education
This October, Sinai University officially joined the Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda, becoming the first university in Egypt to do so. With the prompt support of the Dean of the Faculty of Physical Therapy, Prof. Awny Rahmy, a session was organized for physical...
by Emma Swärdh | Mar 2, 2026 | Advocacy, Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Planetary Health
In my role as a lecturer in the physiotherapy programme at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, I have spent some years working at the intersection of planetary health, environmental physiotherapy, and sustainable healthcare. As the teacher responsible for these topics...
by Jennifer Allen | Mar 2, 2026 | Nature-based interventions, Physiotherapy Education
In the spring 2025 semester, Qatar University (QU) Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (DRS) Physiotherapy students (class of 2026) engaged in a series of nature-based mindfulness activities, which we designed and delivered in order to deepen our connection with...
by Sundeep Watkins | Jan 6, 2026 | Physiotherapy Education
Physiotherapists are not only health care practitioners, they are also health advocates. When we understand that the wellbeing of people and the planet are closely connected, we can see the importance of embedding sustainability into physiotherapy education and the...
by Priscila de Brito Silva | May 27, 2025 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Planetary Health, SDGs
From March 24th – 28th, over 20 educators, researchers, and leaders of Physiotherapy Departments across Europe—spanning from Portugal, Spain, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark—joined for a powerful deep-dive...
by Srishti Banerjee | Nov 28, 2024 | Environmental Sustainability, Global warming, Physiotherapy Education, Physiotherapy Research
In the recent years as awareness of climate change and environmental degradation has heightened, so too has the scrutiny on human activities and their ecological footprints. Research and education are not exempt from their own environmental impacts. Laboratories hum...
