by Jessica Stanhope | Jan 20, 2025 | Biodiversity, Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Events, Nature-based interventions, Physiotherapy Research
I’m really excited to introduce the International Environmental Allied Health Journal Club! The purpose of the group is to support people interested in environmental health in staying up-to-date with developments in the evidence base, and to have interesting...
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...
by Filip Maric | Nov 18, 2024 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Events, Greenspace Exposure, Nature-based interventions, Physiotherapy Research
One year after the first-ever Environmental Physiotherapy Festival, we arranged an international online symposium on ‘Putting nature-based health and therapy into practice’. This symposium featured four 90-minute sessions with presentations by a wide...
by Srishti Banerjee | Nov 6, 2024 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability, Physiotherapy Education, Physiotherapy Research
Building on insights into the carbon footprint of research and education, I am following my recent post with a list of actionable strategies to reduce ecological impact while maintaining the integrity of scientific inquiry and knowledge dissemination. From...
by Jessica Stanhope | Sep 30, 2024 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Physiotherapy Research, Planetary Health
In August 2019 the Environmental Physiotherapy Association was launched. In the last 5 years the Association has made huge progress in highlighting the links between the environment and human health, and the role of physiotherapy in protecting, improving and utilising...
by Nicole Struthers | Jun 27, 2024 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Nature-based interventions, Physiotherapy Research
Participate in a survey on nature prescriptions in MSK rehabilitation In partnership with the Environmental Physiotherapy Association (EPA), research led by Dr. Aleksandra Zecevic and Nicole Struthers (MPT/PhD student) at Western University in Canada are conducting an...
