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 Jacklyn Regan | Feb 10, 2022 | Environmental Sustainability, Students in EPT
U.S. American healthcare is a huge business. The U.S. “spends the most of any nation by far on its health care system, nearly one-fifth of GDP, “which makes it a trillion-dollar business (1). Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, author of An American Sickness, explains that...
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 Thies Bundtzen | Jun 20, 2021 | Events, Greenspace Exposure, Students in EPT
We, Thies Bundtzen (GER), Maud Weterings (NL) and Arthur Desachy (FR) have all recently finished our physiotherapy studies. The idea for this event has evolved out of the PhysioCouch Community, which inspired us with international events just like 2019 in Czech...
by Samantha Meijer | Apr 13, 2021 | Greenspace Exposure, Students in EPT
Mezelf aanpassen aan de anderhalvemetermaatschappij, met daarin weinig tot geen lichamelijk contact: het is een flinke opgave en ik blijf het stug proberen. Zelfs na een jaar is het mij nog niet gelukt om hieraan te wennen. Dat is wellicht ook een goed teken, want het...
by Jordan Spencer | Mar 4, 2021 | SDGs, Students in EPT
Now more than ever it feels necessary to, at a very minimum, encourage deliberation on the importance of adopting more sustainable practices in physiotherapy. Major fields such as engineering and fashion have already begun the process of teaching students about...
