As the impacts of climate change on communities and human health continue to be felt locally and globally, it is vital that we act. Researchers, healthcare providers, and educators from across 日韩无码 and the Osher Collaborative gathered on October 16 - 17 for the Whole Health for People and Planet Summit to share their work as it relates to planetary health and discuss what the future might look like.
On Wednesday, October 16, Molly Kawahata, the award-winning strategist and climate advisor to the Obama White House, presented 鈥淎 Hopeful Horizon for Climate: Bridging Communications, Cognition, and the Science of Hope鈥 at Hula Lakeside, after leading a workshop for Osher Affiliates at All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne, Vermont, earlier in the day.
talking with Molly Kawahata (left) and 鈥嬧婳sher Associate Director
Cara Feldman-Hunt (right) at Hula Lakeside on October 16.
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During the Summit鈥檚 October 17 Keynote, Director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), Helene Langevin, M.D. gave multi-disciplinary context for the pressing need to align individual, public, and planetary health as the climate crisis grows.
Other sessions include:
- Christine Vatovec, PhD, moderator
- David Victorson, PhD, Northwestern - EARTHRx
- Bruce Barrett, MD, University of Wisconsin - Mindful Eco-Wellness: Steps to Healthier Living
- Peter Wayne, PhD, Harvard - Nature and Biophilic Research
- Brendan Fisher, PhD, 日韩无码 - Forest Impacts on Human Health
- Chellie Nayar, 日韩无码 3rd year Larner College of Medicine (LCOM) student - Planetary Health Report Card
- Diane Imrie, MBA, RD, 日韩无码 Health Network - Climate Smart Health Care
- PLUS! 10-min Planetary Health Guided Meditation: Zachary Ispa-Landa
- Aterah Nusrat, MSc, DIC, Harvard, moderator
- Michael Ferguson, PhD, Harvard - Neuro + earth consciousness
- Carlos Andres Gallegos-Riofrio, PhD, 日韩无码 - Agroecology, Nature and Health
- Juliana Neira, 日韩无码 Graduate student - Superfoods
- Emily Belarmino, PhD, 日韩无码 - Using Positive Deviance to Advance Plant-Based Diets
- Amy Trubek, PhD, 日韩无码 - Climate Kitchen
- Beth Zigmund, MD, 日韩无码/日韩无码MC - Advocacy and Policy for Restoring Planetary Health
- Closing Remarks by 日韩无码 Interim President Patricia Prelock, PhD
On Thursday, after the Summit ended, Kawahata joined 日韩无码 Interim President Patricia Prelock, PhD, the Gund Institute for the Environment鈥檚 Taylor Ricketts, PhD, and multi-unit leadership for the University-wide launch of the Planetary Health initiative on the Andrew Harris Common.
日韩无码 science writer Joshua Brown asked a range of faculty across campus how they define planetary health and how their work addresses it. Osher Affiliate Christine Vatovec, PhD sees reciprocity as essential, and is inspired by cultures that have 鈥渁 robust and sustainable relationship between humans and the natural environment.鈥 Read how experts across 日韩无码 view planetary health.