Project Earthrise: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of VIVO Planetary Health
Author
Prescott, Susan LWegienka, 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
van den Bosch, Matilda
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
Date
2021-10-12Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthPublisher
MDPI AGType
Article
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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.Keyword
AnthropoceneSymbiocene
and Indigenous governance
anthropology
architecture and design
arts
biodiversity losses
climate change
collaboration
ecology
environmental degradation
ethics
geography
grand challenges
history and tradition
human culture
interdependence
interdisciplinary research
philosophy
planetary health
political/social/environmental sciences
public health
resilience thinking
social and economic justice
spirituality
the great transition
wisdom
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http://hdl.handle.net/10713/16998ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3390/ijerph182010654