Da che parte stai: salute umana e salute del pianeta

Da destra, come sempre, arrivano attacchi contro l'ecologismo, la difesa della salute dell'uomo e del pianeta, e come sperato arrivano anche prese di posizione della chiesa a difesa di questi principi. Allora, ben venga il lobbismo, ma pretendete che vengano dichiarati i finanziatori di quei loschi predicatori di fake news che sono i leghisti. Arrivano 100 milioni da parte di petrolieri? bene, che sia ben evidente e visibile, chi vota Trump non si aspetta altro che sovvenzioni al petrolio e a chi lo consuma. Arrivano soldi dalla russia? ma è ovvio, solo che siano tracciabili. E chi non è d'accordo cambi idea, voti altro. Non è possibile che sia solo l'interesse immediato, di chi vive alla giornata, specchietto per le allodole, mi fai stare bene subito, ed io carpo il diem... e tra dieci anni? e le nuove generazioni? e se non ci saranno più le api, a fecondare i raccolti? e se le temperature diventeranno insostenibili? e se i paesi a livello del mare spariranno, e con essi buona parte dell'ambiente, animali inclusi? Per fortuna ci sono associazioni di opinione e di collocazione trasversale ai partiti, tra cui queste che seguono

Get the basics and orient (or reorient) yourself to the connections between the Earth crisis and human health and well-being. This overview of the field and movement of Planetary Health is presented by Jess Kronstadt, Hannah Turley, and Melvine Otieno of the Planetary Health Alliance Planetary health alliance promuove la salute del pianeta e delle sue comunità in un approccio scientifico e riportando le narrative e le problematiche delle comunità locali. il canale su youtube e questo

è presente in vari enti pubblici a livello internazionale, ed è sui social

si propone attività di divulgazione e di intervento immediato, oggi, non domani

l'origine di queste diapositive che seguono nasce dalla pubblicazione sul giornale che tutti conoscono di indiirizzo medico, The lancet

Esiste un paradosso, ecologico, che sovverte la contrapposizione tra benessere e salute umana, rispetto alla difesa dell'ambiente

da questa dichiiarazione di emergenza, nasce il discorso e la narrazzione, presentazione dei dati e delle problematiche

c'è stata una grande accelerazione in tutti i fattori di deperimento della salute del pianeta, tra cui sfruttamento delle risorse agrarie ed acquatiche, e le emissioni di gas serra

calcolando l'impatto delle varie nazioni sulla produzione di CO2

risulta ciò che è risaputo, le nazioni industrializzate hanno il ruolo maggiore

il grafico delle emissioni pro capite è particolare, ma bisogna far presente che per nazioni con uno o due miliardi di abitanti il grafico stravolge, fa apparire meno severe queste cause. Un'ultima diapositiva ci fa soffermare sull'imprtanza della veridicità, quali sono le categorie professionali a cui la gente dà maggiore fiducia, le pensa più credibili

Come diceva Dario fo, in una sua giullarata, i comici dicono una cosa seria, e la gente ride, i politici dicono un casa ridicola e la gente li prende sul serio. E veniamo al secondo intervento, da parte della associazione TEDxMontrealWomen, nella persona della dottoressa Courtney Howard, pianeta in salute e persone in salute

ci sono delle urgenze inelubibili, speranza ed urgenza di un'azione collettiva, la formazione di una visione positiva, la riconnessione con la natura, valori ed etiche condivise, e l'urgenza: Subito, oggi, adesso

per ultime le diapositive sull'associazione e i partners e/o sponsors

Ovviamente, non appena questi problemi verranno presi sul serio, prima che arrivi la fame da carestia perchè si sono estinte le api, i politici prenderanno iniziative per andare di persona personamente a portare il polline ad ogni fiore, per l'impollinaizone manuale

Concludo con l'annuncio della conferenza annuale per il 2024 del Nova Network: Join us for the next Nova Campfire, “Nurturing Societies: Cultivating Cooperation for Sustainable Well-Being,” on September 25 at 11 am EDT (5 pm CEST/3 pm GMT/8 am PDT). Flourishing of people, places, and our planet depends on embracing altruistic, whole-of-society approaches that prioritize the health and well-being of all life, including through sociocultural and policy means. This transition requires moving away from the current culture of competition, rooted in scarcity, toward a culture of cooperation grounded in optimism and guided by a vision of collective future potential. Truly sustainable societies must ensure today’s generation has access to the ingredients for a good life while also safeguarding the environment for future generations—without viewing these as competing interests. Advancing technology is exponentially enhancing our capability to alleviate human suffering and solve environmental challenges. Cooperative societies grounded in holistic perspectives, ethical wisdom, kindness, and empathy will accelerate these capacities even further. This event will explore how nurturing environments and cultivating positive aspects of human nature (including empathy, compassion, and altruism and "light triad" personality traits) may accelerate this collaborative cultural shift to benefit individuals, societies, and our relationship with nature—especially when these efforts begin in early life. Our panelists and topics will include: Immaculata de Vivo (Harvard Radcliffe Institute), “The Biology of Kindness: Promoting Healthier, Happier Societies” Daniel Lumera (My Life Design), “Social Movements for Kindness, Peace, and Cooperation at a National and Global Level” Scott Barry Kaufman (Columbia University), “Cultivating the ‘Light Triad’ for Personal Well-Being and More Evolved Societies” Miguel Landa-Blanco (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras), “Benevolent Childhood Experiences Predict Adult Flourishing and Light Triad Traits: A Path to Social Change?” Darcia Narvaez (University of Notre Dame), “Breaking the Cycle: Returning to Evolved Nest Experiences that Promore Well-Being, Morality, and Sustainable Wisdom” Anthony Biglan (Oregon Research Institute), “Action Circles for Nurturing Communities: Improving Our Lives and Our World” This will provide the basis for rich discussion that all participants and speakers can contribute to. We look forward to seeing you! Susan Prescott, MD, PhD, Director of the Nova Network Professor of Planetary Health, University of Western Australia President, inVIVO Planetary Health, 2012-2022 Scholar, Nova Institute for Health Susan disegna bene ed ha curato la grafica delle presentazioni

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Nova Campfire discussion! Please join us Wednesday May 24 2023 at 11 am EDT (5 pm CET/3 pm GMT/8 am PDT) for our wonderful discussion on “Connected Consciousness for Planetary Health.”

This exciting collaboration between the Nova Institute for Health, Planetary Health Alliance, and Garrison Institute answers the growing call for spiritual perspectives and intentional relationships with ourselves, others, and the natural world in addressing the many grand challenges of the Anthropocene.

Our transdisciplinary panel of speakers will weave narrative threads of change, including Indigenous perspectives of connected consciousness and evidence of the personal and collective benefits of promoting inner development over purely materialistic goals, including healthier, happier, prosocial communities with more mutualistic attitudes to nature. We will also explore the importance of creativity and connectivity in building social movements that foster deeper alignment of individual and collective purpose. Topics and panelists include: Cultivating mutualistic worldviews and prosocial behaviors for personal and planetary health with Susan Prescott, Director of the Nova Network Remembering our inherent connectedness and universal Indigeneity to Mother Earth with Rutendo Ngara, African Indigenous Knowledge Systems practitioner Nurturing inner development for sustainability with Christine Wamsler of Lund University Can we nurture more altruistic societies? Promoting communal goals with loving-kindness meditation with Una Tellhed of Lund University Strategies for mindful movement-building: Taking social innovation to scale through connectivity with Sonali Sangeeta Balajee of Our Bodhi Project Putting storytelling into action for people, places, and planet: An example of the power and reach of co-creating narratives for positive change at COP27 with Cecilia Mañosa Nyblon of University of Exeter Medical School Pathways to planetary health: Connecting “islands of coherence” in the sea of chaos with Stephen Posner of the Garrison Institute The Constellation Project: Weaving new stories and emergent ways of being for a new era of planetary consciousness with Samuel Myers of the Planetary Health Alliance and Terry Tempest Williams of the Harvard Divinity School Registration is now open here!

The Nova Network is a transdisciplinary global community providing evidence, inspiration, and advocacy for the health and flourishing of all people, places, and planet.​

mission is to transform the health of individuals, communities, and the planet through deeper understanding of the interdependence of all systems and by promoting awareness, attitudes, and actions required for meaningful, collaborative change

The Nova Network is an initiative of the Nova Institute for Health and welcomes anyone trying to make a difference in the world—including researchers, creatives, advocates, community organizers, educators, clinicians, policymakers, and young people, across the arts and sciences—to co-create a culture of belonging for meaningful progress. 

The Nova Institute for Health is a heart-centered think tank that takes action for the good of people, places, and the planet. 

• create new opportunities for collaborative discourse, ideas, and action—to engage rich expertise, integrate research, encourage diverse perspectives, and nurture relationships for creative solutions.
• Our events include international conferences, virtual “campfire” discussion forums, and in-person workshops, retreats, and other events.
• We have ongoing real-time engagement and dynamic interaction on the Nova Integration Hub, the Nova Institute’s web-based forum (to be launched in November 2022) that provides a platform for knowledge sharing, nourishing activities, and mentoring connections for early career researchers. 

Through these diverse activities, we seek to promote awareness, identify solutions, and inspire creativity, connectivity, and purpose

Our agenda underscores the imperative for creative ecological solutions for the challenges we face in all systems and all scales with advancing global urbanization in the digital age–for personal, environmental, economic, social and spiritual health alike. We bought together diverse perspectives from across many dimensions of the arts and the sciences, as we explore novel solutions and new normative values.

We seek to normalize and place greater value on wisdom, empathy, kindness, hope, love, creativity, and respect—the deeper values that unite, empower, and refocus priorities of individuals and groups towards shared solutions.