by Sarah Schwab | May 23, 2022 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Planetary Health
Humans are intrinsically and dynamically tied to the environment. Not only do we shape the environment that we inhabit, but the environment also shapes our behaviours. Of particular relevance to physiotherapists, the environment influences human motor behaviour. J.J....
by Lauren Pike | Apr 18, 2022 | Active Transport, Greenspace Exposure, Planetary Health, SDGs, Students in EPT
In their final year of training, undergraduate physiotherapy students at the University of South Australia develop their skills and knowledge in health promotion through experiential learning. The students apply concepts and theory of health promotion to a project...
by Filip Maric | Mar 2, 2022 | EcoHealth, Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Planetary Health, SDGs, Students in EPT
As I am writing this, the lands and people of this world are being ravaged by yet another war, adding, what feels like, crisis upon crisis upon crisis. The crisis in Syria is still ongoing. Last year, the IPCC issued its starkest warning about global warming yet....
by Filip Maric | Feb 16, 2022 | EcoHealth, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Justice, Indigenous perspectives, Physiotherapy Research, Planetary Health
After the incredible success of Physiopunk Vol 1 – Speculative fiction for future physiotherapies, I am really excited to share this Call of Stories for what will be our second volume, open to all healthcare professions, all languages, students, clinicians,...
by Polina Boiko | Dec 2, 2021 | Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Planetary Health, Students in EPT
In August 2021, the world received terrible news from the IPCC: the 6th assessment report is their “starkest warning yet” regarding current global climate issues (1). That news is everyone’s business, whoever we are. As a physiotherapist, I have been preoccupied too,...
by David Nicholls | Aug 31, 2021 | Environmental Philosophies, Environmental Physiotherapy, Planetary Health
During the brilliant August EPT Agenda 2023 participating institutions meeting organised by Filip and bringing five invited speakers together to talk about the integration of planetary health, environmental and sustainability perspectives into occupational therapy,...
