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Project Earthrise: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of inVIVO Planetary Health Prescott, Susan L.; Wegienka, Ganesa; Kort, Remco; Nelson, David H.; Gabrysch, Sabine; Hancock, Trevor; Kozyrskyj, Anita; Lowry, Christopher A.; Redvers, Nicole; Poland, Blake; et al.

Abstract

The “Earthrise” photograph, taken on the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, became one of the most significant images of the 20th Century. It triggered a profound shift in environmental awareness and the potential for human unity—inspiring the first Earth Day in 1970. Taking inspiration from these events 50 years later, we initiated Project Earthrise at our 2020 annual conference of inVIVO Planetary Health. This builds on the emergent concept of planetary health, which provides a shared narrative to integrate rich and diverse approaches from all aspects of society towards shared solutions to global challenges. The acute catastrophe of the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn greater attention to many other interconnected global health, environmental, social, spiritual, and economic problems that have been underappreciated or neglected for decades. This is accelerating opportunities for greater collaborative action, as many groups now focus on the necessity of a “Great Transition”. While ambitious integrative efforts have never been more important, it is imperative to apply these with mutualistic value systems as a compass, as we seek to make wiser choices. Project Earthrise is our contribution to this important process. This underscores the imperative for creative ecological solutions to challenges in all systems, on all scales with advancing global urbanization in the digital age—for personal, environmental, economic and societal health alike. At the same time, our agenda seeks to equally consider our social and spiritual ecology as it does natural ecology. Revisiting the inspiration of “Earthrise”, we welcome diverse perspectives from across all dimensions of the arts and the sciences, to explore novel solutions and new normative values. Building on academic rigor, we seek to place greater value on imagination, kindness and mutualism as we address our greatest challenges, for the health of people, places and planet.

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Project Earthrise: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of inVIVO Planetary Health
Creator
Prescott, Susan L.; Wegienka, Ganesa; Kort, Remco; Nelson, David H.; Gabrysch, Sabine; Hancock, Trevor; Kozyrskyj, Anita; Lowry, Christopher A.; Redvers, Nicole; Poland, Blake; Robinson, Jake; Moubarac, Jean-Claude; Warber, Sara; Jansson, Janet; Sinkkonen, Aki; Penders, John; Erdman, Susan; Nanan, Ralph; Bosch, Matilda van den; Schneider, Kirk; Schroeck, Nicholas J.; Sobko, Tanja; Harvie, Jamie; Kaplan, George A.; Moodie, Rob; Lengnick, Laura; Prilleltensky, Isaac; Celidwen, Yuria; Berman, Susan H.; Logan, Alan C.; Berman, Brian
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2021-10-12
Description
The “Earthrise” photograph, taken on the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, became one of the most significant images of the 20th Century. It triggered a profound shift in environmental awareness and the potential for human unity—inspiring the first Earth Day in 1970. Taking inspiration from these events 50 years later, we initiated Project Earthrise at our 2020 annual conference of inVIVO Planetary Health. This builds on the emergent concept of planetary health, which provides a shared narrative to integrate rich and diverse approaches from all aspects of society towards shared solutions to global challenges. The acute catastrophe of the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn greater attention to many other interconnected global health, environmental, social, spiritual, and economic problems that have been underappreciated or neglected for decades. This is accelerating opportunities for greater collaborative action, as many groups now focus on the necessity of a “Great Transition”. While ambitious integrative efforts have never been more important, it is imperative to apply these with mutualistic value systems as a compass, as we seek to make wiser choices. Project Earthrise is our contribution to this important process. This underscores the imperative for creative ecological solutions to challenges in all systems, on all scales with advancing global urbanization in the digital age—for personal, environmental, economic and societal health alike. At the same time, our agenda seeks to equally consider our social and spiritual ecology as it does natural ecology. Revisiting the inspiration of “Earthrise”, we welcome diverse perspectives from across all dimensions of the arts and the sciences, to explore novel solutions and new normative values. Building on academic rigor, we seek to place greater value on imagination, kindness and mutualism as we address our greatest challenges, for the health of people, places and planet.
Subject
planetary health; grand challenges; Anthropocene; Symbiocene; collaboration; interdependence; social and economic justice; interdisciplinary research; resilience thinking; the great transition; biodiversity losses; climate change; environmental degradation; public health; ecology; anthropology; political/social/environmental sciences; philosophy; geography; spirituality; human culture; history and tradition; architecture and design; arts; ethics; wisdom; and Indigenous governance
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-11-24
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0403823
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80256
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 (20): 10654 (2021)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/ijerph182010654
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher; Other
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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