Il mio impegno negli anni di Trump e dei cambiamenti socioclimatici

 Dal 2015 al 2020 sono stato caporedattore /editor in chief) della rivista scientifica Challenges, gruppo MDPI.

Tra le sfide, come dice il nome del giornale, affrontate, ci sono state le campagne a favore della salute del pianeta, grazie alla affiliazione con l'organizzazione InVivo, a con l'aggiunta del nuovo editore, Susan Prescott, professoressa di pediatria a Nedlands, in Australia, e  Direttrice del ORIGINS Project, Telethon Kids Institute at Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Australia, oltre che parte del NOVA Institute for Health of People, Places and Planet,  Baltimore

A Susan va il merito del rilancio di Challenges, anche grazie a vari numeri speciali che hanno raccolto numerosi articoli, insieme al suo collega Dr. Alan Logan

Special Issue in Challenges: The Emerging Concept of Planetary Health: Connecting People, Place, Purpose and Planet
Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Planetary Health: From Challenges to Opportunities for People, Place, Purpose and Planet
Special Issue in Challenges: Challenges: 10th Anniversary
Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: Proceedings of the 2020 inVIVO Planetary Health Annual Conference: Project Earthrise
Special Issue in Challenges: Project Earthrise: For the World We Want to Live In (including Manuscripts from the 2020 inVIVO Planetary Health Annual Conference)
Special Issue in Challenges: Project Earthrise: From Healing to Flourishing for the Health of People, Places and Planet (Celebrating the 10th Annual Conference of inVIVO Planetary Health, 2021)
Special Issue in Challenges: Planetary health: Building the Field and Growing the Movement (Including Manuscripts 2022 Planetary Health Annual Meeting and Festival)

L'associazione InVivo si batte per la salvaguardia della salute nostra e del pianeta, per il benessere delle comunità, contro i cibi confezionati ed altamente lavorati, che perdono le proprietà benefiche degli alimenti di origine (come l'etichettatura francese Nutriscore invece riuscirebbe a nascondere), e raccoglie associati da tutto il mondo tra cui microbiologi, medici, e ambientalisti

ritengo che il mio più notevole successo in questi cinque anni sia stato il riuscire a far pubblicare il lavoro

Redvers, N.; Poelina, A.; Schultz, C.; Kobei, D.M.; Githaiga, C.; Perdrisat, M.; Prince, D.; Blondin, B. Indigenous Natural and First Law in Planetary Health. Challenges 2020, 11, 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/challe11020029

 curato da Nicole Redvers, affiliata a School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, 1301 N Columbia Rd Stop, Grand Forks, ed a Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation, Box 603, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2N5, Canada

siccome tra gli autori non è stato possibile indicare Madre Terra, c'è una riga di ringraziamento che quoto qui

We formally acknowledge Mother Earth as our senior author, with her own presence and voice.

il lavoro è libero e si può scaricare

Abstract: Indigenous Peoples associate their own laws with the laws of the natural world, which are formally known as or translated as Natural or First Law. These laws come from the Creator and the Land through our ancestral stories and therefore, they are sacred. All aspects of life and existence depend on living and following these natural First Laws. Since colonization, Indigenous Peoples’ Natural Laws have been forcibly replaced by modern-day laws that do not take into account the sacred relationship between the Earth and all of her inhabitants. The force of societies who live outside of Natural Law has ensured the modern-day consequences of not living in balance with nature. Pandemics and global environmental change, including climate change, are all consequences of not following the Natural Laws that are encapsulated by the interconnected nature of the universe. Here we discuss Natural Law from an Indigenous paradigm and worldview which carries implications for planetary health and wider environmental movements around the globe.

La Dr.ssa Redvers ha pubblicato altri lavori su questi temi, tra cui

Redvers, N. The Value of Global Indigenous Knowledge in Planetary Health. Challenges 2018, 9, 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/challe9020030

I contenuti delle presentazioni del meeting InVivo del 2021 sono visibili sul sito, previa registrazione qui 

in chiusura del post, aggiungo qui la lettera di commiato che mi ha scritto Susan

    Il 2020-12-14 18:57 Susan Prescott ha scritto:
     Thanks Palmiro,
    
 I am just catching up with everything after what has been an amazing conference. I hope that you might have a chance to enjoy some of the sessions, which are still live (you can use the code inVIVO2020 to see it for free) - I think it will warm your heart!
 For some time I have been meaning to thank you for your great leadership of the journal, for your support and the opportunities you have given me personally, and the inVIVO community.
I feel very good about the future of Challenges. Actually, in the current climate, with the imperative for breaking down knowledge siloes and building truly broad based integrative perspectives, journals like Challenges are ideally placed. So, in answer to your question, I think that this creates enormous opportunities for the  journal in the future… There is huge and growing demand for change, novel perspectives, creativity and challenging old paradigms and restrictive systems thinking. In many ways it is the PERFECT environment for Challenges and inVIVO  to flourish. Especially as our efforts span all sectors and are very flexible and open minded in our approach. It could not be better!
The inVIVO conference underscored this even more. In my follow-up emails I will be reminding people again of the unique opportunities that the Challenges journal provides!
 So...I am very excited about the future. Yes, things are chaotic at the moment, but I also feel that it has unmasked many things that have been wrong with the world, opened new conversations and new awareness, and edged us closer to a tipping point for a more positive frame shift on many levels. The Trump vs Biden situation (as you asked) are really a symptom of the toxic post-truth environment...