by Ecological Health Network | Sep 3, 2025 | Nature-based interventions, Planetary Health
While decades of research show that degraded environments can harm health, and that exposure to green spaces supports human health, there is still a critical, under-investigated question: Can the conservation of biodiversity and restoration of degraded ecosystems lead...
by Erin Keough | Jun 5, 2025 | Environmental Physiotherapy, One Health, Planetary Health
I was attending a forum a few weeks ago when the “One Health” model became the topic of discussion. The One Health Model became popular in the SARS era of 2003-2004 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024a). This model has been circulating since the 1800s...
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 Lea Banville | Mar 20, 2025 | Physiotherapy Research, Planetary Health, Students in EPT
La plus grande menace du XXIème siècle, le changement climatique, a déjà de graves conséquences modifiant la face du monde. Ces effets nuisent gravement à la santé humaine avec l’émergence et l’accentuation de pathologies pouvant être observées sur tous...
by Joyeeta Gupta | Feb 9, 2025 | Equity, Planetary Health, SDGs
The Global Constitution Project / 2024 – 2029 Distinguished Professor Joyeeta Gupta of the University of Amsterdam, and winner of the Spinoza Award 2023, is undertaking a research project to write a Global Constitution. The aim of this draft Constitution is to...
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...
