Global Examples of working together for a healthy, just, and sustainable planet by ECHO Network https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples You are invited to post to this Padlet your regional examples of 'working together for a healthy, just, and sustainable planet' during and leading up to the 24-hour Connected Conversation Event. This may include posting videos, photos, papers, presentations, or text posts. Please be sure to indicate which region your example is from. During the 24-hour Connected Conversation November 13/14th, there will be two hours during the event where we will invite some contributors to this Padlet to share additional information about their posts. Please send us an email at ecohealthconnectedconversation@gmail.com, if you would like to contribute to these open slots. en-us 2022-11-08 15:19:46 UTC 2026-06-22 19:17:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/418078187/5688f24c14e4cfb3470591a28eca4437/ecohealth_logo.jpg Sincerely, Salmon echo_network https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2375610943 "A short film detailing a personified Salmon River reading a letter to humanity.": https://vimeo.com/754918489

Region: North America (Idaho, USA)]]> 2022-11-08 19:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2375610943 Healing in Ancient Rainforests leaphlitter https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2376216584 Indigenous elders, Nation members and youth join with community partners to speak about their connection to a globally unique ecosystem on their traditional territory.

https://youtu.be/u1b5Rgvu2Uo

Region: North America (Northern British Columbia, Canada)]]> 2022-11-09 05:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2376216584 Social Determinants of Health echo_network https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2377516036 "Building on the work in health, the First Nations Health Council is beginning a dialogue with BC First Nations on ways to increase First Nations decision-making roles and capacity as it relates to health and social services. This dialogue will inform the work we do as BC First Nations to build a ten-year strategy to address the social determinants of health."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikNsoh5TtQE

Region: British Columbia, Canada]]> 2022-11-09 20:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2377516036 Ecohealth International Timeline echo_network https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2378027541 A living timeline of Ecohealth International: https://padlet.com/amkenned1/ecohealthinternational]]> 2022-11-10 05:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2378027541 Map of the 24-hours of 'earth-embracing conversations' https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2378234734 2022-11-10 08:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2378234734 Registration link to the 24-hour 'earth-embracing' connected conversations echo_network https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379073195 To participate, please register here:  https://sfu.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5YpdeqoqjkoGtVDPWRMx5Uc2gC8rv2ltTXA 

When you register, you will then receive a personalized zoom link that can work throughout the 24-hours.]]> 2022-11-10 18:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379073195 Stories of the Nechako: Youth Perspectives tmckinnon5 https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379186791 "Stories of the Nechako: Youth Perspectives" follows a group of youth from across the Nechako watershed into their communities to share their perspectives on the treatment and use of the watershed.]]> 2022-11-10 19:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379186791 Shinrin-Yoku | 森林浴 | Forest Bathing landhealthhealing https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379210032 Shinrin-Yoku has benefits both for humans and the trees we walk in. Japan has designated therapy forests, and Dr. Qing Li speaks here on his research into the beneficial effects of this practice.

To take a virtual forest bath, click through the link below:
https://youtu.be/02CXKnftM-4

Region: Asia (Japan)]]> 2022-11-10 19:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379210032 Traditional Instruments - Modern Music landhealthhealing https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379223606 Otyken are an Indigenous Siberian folk pop band that uses a blend of modern and traditional instruments, throat singing, and lyrics in Khakas, Chulym, and Russian. The group is gaining popularity through spreading Chulymtsev culture and music in hopes to to share its beauty and significance with the rest of the world. 

watch them preform this song live to the Grammy's global spin:

https://www.grammy.com/videos/otyken-genesis-performance-siberian-indigenous-traditions-instruments-global-spin

Region: Asia (Siberia)]]> 2022-11-10 20:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379223606 Not on Our Soil landhealthhealing https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379228058 "Everyone has the right to a safe and healthy environment, yet South Africans are experiencing extreme climate and environmental injustices all around the country. 

But, with the knowledge and understanding of our democracy, our rights, and how we can take part in the decisions that affect our future, comes the responsibility and empowerment to actively engage elected representatives and advocate for a just, equitable, and sustainable transition to a low-carbon and inclusive society.
[..]
This docuseries is co-funded by the European Union and The Climate Reality Project, and filmed and directed by ReWild Africa."

Region: Africa (South Africa)

]]> 2022-11-10 20:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379228058 Speaking Gardens landhealthhealing https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379246337 "The documentary presents seven urban gardening projects in Berlin (community gardens, intercultural gardens, roof gardens, also “guerrilla gardening”). The film focuses on the personal view of the urban gardeners, their visions as well as their concrete projects experimenting with a new way of “alternative” city planning. 
[..] 
A documentary film by Teresa Beck and René Reichelt"

Region: Europe (Berlin, Germany)]]> 2022-11-10 20:20:01 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379246337 Vertical Farming landhealthhealing https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379255561 "Vertical farming is a type of indoor farming where crops are grown in stacked layers, rather than spread out across large plots of land. [...]

Adopting these sustainable farming practices could lead to a monumental shift in how we produce food on Earth, and enable us to create a reliable food source beyond our planet."]]> 2022-11-10 20:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379255561 Waste Land landhealthhealing https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379260774 "'Waste Land' is an award winning documentary by director Lucy Walker - An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves."

See the full documentary here:
https://www.wastelandmovie.com/

Region: South America (Rio De Janiero, Brazil)]]> 2022-11-10 20:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2379260774 Dear Ecohealth https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2380429256 Dear Ecohealth, how you have influenced my path and vision. You showed me how to encourage people to come together and share rhythms and motions. 

This canoe picture is from northern Ontario in Canada, Lake Temagami, which means deep water by shore in traditional anishinabe language. When the waves move, they gallop like horses rising from the deep. 

In this landscape, we develop healthy future generations by the motion of our boreal water, from the very basic. Young people would experience hands-on, how to share resources, and how to go into cooperation with a positive can-do mindset. Go beyond only one’s limit.

Thank you Ecohealth for showing me when I was a young student how in life, there are ways forward. 

Canoeman 
Leeway






]]> 2022-11-11 16:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2380429256 Sustainable development of animal production...? echo_network https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2380875889 Veterinary medical teaching can contribute to critical issues concerning sustainable development of animal production. Second year undergraduate veterinary students of the University of Montreal were initiated to an innovative pedagogical approach based on active learning, peer-based learning and ethical deliberation to identify and resolve the main conflict of values of a case study of a veterinary intervention from the perspective of sustainable development. The intention of this course was to create an atmosphere of confidence where the students would feel comfortable to express personal opinions on societal debates concerning the agri-food system. 
 
Key elements of the course are summarized in French in two videos produced by the Université de Montréal: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLvqYpKrBSE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NhC-B9tmgM
 
The course was developed over a 5 year-period and is described in detail in a publication (in press) in French:
 
Carrière, P. D., Girard, V., & Ruelland, D. (2022). Contribution de l’enseignement de la médecine vétérinaire aux enjeux du développement durable des productions animales. La revue canadienne sur l’avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage, 13(2).
Carrière, P. D., Girard, V., & Ruelland, D. (2022). Contribution of veterinary medicine teaching to the challenges of sustainable development of animal production. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching, 13(2).
 
Pertinence and resources for teaching and research on sustainable development from multiple disciplines are also available from Université de Montréal at https://durable.umontreal.ca/enseignement-recherche/la-ref/pourquoi-la-pertinence/
 
Region: North America (Québec, Canada)
]]> 2022-11-12 08:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2380875889 Land, Health & Healing Gathering 2021 echo_network https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381119511 This padlet contains a summary of the 2021 Land, Health & Healing (LHH) Gathering, a virtual and in-person gathering which took place June 17th & 18th, 2021 on Lheidli T'enneh territory. Within this padlet you’ll find information, photos and links to recorded video presentations delivered at the event. The Gathering was co-hosted and co-designed by a team from Lheidli T'enneh Nation and the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) focused on knowledge exchange and strengthening connections among Indigenous-led initiatives that work to integrate land, health & healing: 

https://padlet.com/landhealthhealing/lhh2021

Region: North America (Prince George, Canada)]]> 2022-11-12 17:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381119511 ACOPPHE- Mentoring Research Network monaselsherbini https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381144897 The Mentoring Research Network (MRN) of the African Community of Planetary Partners for Health and Environment (ACOPPHE) calls for deeper and broader research on the interactions between human health and the rapidly changing planetary environment. In the global South, there is increasing awareness that tackling these challenges may require radical approaches, new ways of thinking, and healing intentions to achieve transformation beyond feeling helpless and overwhelmed by global crises. The Mentoring Research Network (MRN) is a growing African-based platform, spearheaded by vibrant multidisciplinary researchers, academicians, and scholars committed to tackling the complex and interconnected challenges which relate to anthropocentrism and sustainability of the African continent and the global south by extension. It is our pleasure to collaborate with EcoHealth International working together for a healthy, just, and sustainable planet!

Examples of published papers by the MRN members in the links below:
Oladunjoye, Iyiola Olatunji, Yusuf Amuda Tajudeen, Habeebullah Jayeola Oladipo, and Mona Said El-Sherbini. 2022. "Planetary Health and Traditional Medicine: A Potential Synergistic Approach to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance" Challenges 13, no. 1: 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/challe13010024 https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/13/1/24


Tajudeen, Yusuf Amuda, Habeebullah Jayeola Oladipo, Rashidat Onyinoyi Yusuf, Iyiola Olatunji Oladunjoye, Aminat Olaitan Adebayo, Abdulhakeem Funsho Ahmed, and Mona Said El-Sherbini. 2022. "The Need to Prioritize Prevention of Viral Spillover in the Anthropopandemicene: A Message to Global Health Researchers and Policymakers" Challenges 13, no. 2: 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/challe13020035
https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/13/2/35


Tajudeen YA, Oladipo HJ, Oladunjoye IO, Mustapha MO, Mustapha ST, Abdullahi AA, Yusuf RO, Abimbola SO, Adebayo AO, Ikebuaso JG, Adesuyi DS, Okereke B, Omotosho AO, Ahmed AF, El-Sherbini MS. Preventing the Next Pandemic through a Planetary Health Approach: A Focus on Key Drivers of Zoonosis. Challenges. 2022; 13(2):50. https://doi.org/10.3390/challe13020050
https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/13/2/50



]]> 2022-11-12 18:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381144897 Narrative Medicine & Planetary Health, Cairo University monaselsherbini https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381151445 Example of themes discussed and published with the contribution of students in the link below: 
 No Health without Mental Health: Taking Action to Heal a World in Distress—With People, Places, and Planet ‘in Mind’
https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/13/2/37/htm

]]> 2022-11-12 18:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381151445 The Seeds of Vandana Shiva https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381231415 https://youtu.be/YEqTo8lDivs

How did the willful daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator become the world’s most powerful opponent of Monsanto? The Seeds of Vandana Shiva, a feature-length documentary, presents the remarkable life story of the Gandhian eco-activist and agro-ecologist, Vandana Shiva.

Region: Asia (India)]]> 2022-11-12 21:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381231415 Karanga a Tāne Mahuta – the Call of Tāne Mahuta echo_network https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381317210 "A five part video series focused on reconnecting Taitokerau rangatahi and tamariki with their taiao and Te Rarawa’s ancient ngāhere – the Au Warawara forest. 

In the series, whānau discuss the importance of empowering tamariki and rangatahi in supporting kaitiakitanga of the Au Warawara forest near Pawarenga; the passing on of intergenerational knowledge; and the reconstruction of our unique taonga species, flora, and fauna for a better future."

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGVOh20YI20 

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGDkpOzAiyI

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGDkpOzAiyI

Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqlV2yXcOZM

Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_cw1TIHO74

Region: Oceania (New Zealand)]]> 2022-11-13 03:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381317210 Amazon Frontlines echo_network https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381319051 A series of videos from Amazon Frontlines, whose work focuses on "defending Indigenous rights to land, life and cultural survival in the Amazon Rainforest": https://amazonfrontlines.org/videos/

Region: South America (Amazon Rainforest)]]> 2022-11-13 03:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381319051 Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381330778 The Children's Forest is a non-profit organization working to nurture relationships between children and nature, and to inspire advocacy for the natural world.
https://www.corteschildrensforesttrust.org/

]]> 2022-11-13 04:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381330778 One Health Fairbanks Alaska mayagislason https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381333010 https://uaf.edu/onehealth/events/2023_conference/index.php ]]> 2022-11-13 04:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381333010 B@seball: green schools and children's health in Belgium https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381490237 The B@seball project (funded by the Belgian Science Policy belspo/BRAIN) is trying to understand children's health (as per skin microbiome eg) in the context of the school environment in Belgium. This connects to broader questions of land planning and environmental inequalities in a populated, urbanised country such as Belgium. We are in the process of analysing data, but are working closely with schools involved, NGOs and public institution involved in school greening initiatives, preventative health, etc. ]]> 2022-11-13 11:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381490237 ORAL HISTORY EXTENDS THE PERIOD OF RECORD AND UNDERSTANDING: https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381602958 Region: North America (British Columbia, Canada)]]> 2022-11-13 15:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381602958 NEXTCAP in Bolivia https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381695397 https://www.dib.dk/en/projekter/bolivia/
The aim is to improve the conditions of the Tacana-indigenous in the remote Amazon-regions, through establishing networks and the capacity to prevent diseases spread between animals and humans. ]]> 2022-11-13 17:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381695397 Climate Health Aotearoa https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381761866 A national collaboration of Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand, building climate health research collaborations on local and international Indigenous rights and contemporary constitutional conversations.
We see climate change as one symptom of the current colonial, patriarchal, neoliberal economic model, and aim to focus on both community-led and policy-oriented research. ]]> 2022-11-13 19:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381761866 Tarumitra-a movement and a place https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381850441 Tarumitra, meaning "Friends of Trees" in Hindi and Sanskrit, is a student movement to protect and promote a healthy environment on Earth. Started by students in Patna, India in 1988, the movement has spread into hundreds of high schools and colleges all over India. It has over 2,00,000 members in over 1000 high schools and colleges.  The Tarumitra ashram in Patna, Bihar, India brings youth and other community groups on-site to learn about ecology, conservation, medicinal uses of  plants, and other related topics. 

Tarumitra’s aims are: 
To spread ecological sensitivity
To equip its members with skills in handling local environmental problems
To organise campaigns for the preservation of bio-diversity 
To promote a spirituality and a world view that is earth friendly 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Region: Asia (India)
]]> 2022-11-13 21:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381850441 Women on water program smharris877 https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381873556 Last year Lorraine and I were able to host a MMIWG family raft down the Skeena. It was a self care, reclaiming spirit & enjoying the beautiful Skeena river event sponsored by Witset Band…it was amazing! I floated through the Vickers rapids and jumped off a cliff…eek! Take care all, Sandra

Region:Hazelton, NW BC Canada ]]> 2022-11-13 22:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381873556 Canada park prescription smharris877 https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381883660 Dr David bowering shared this with me and I thought it was pretty cool! Of course an indigenous trauma informed approach is needed, land displacement & oppression will likely need to be witnessed.

Region; turtle island ]]> 2022-11-13 22:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381883660 Collective care as Climate Justice https://padlet.com/echo_network/GlobalEcohealthExamples/wish/2381939720 Evidence suggests that engaging in collective climate action can help people struggling to cope with eco-anxiety and climate grief. However, active people (politically or a-politically) often experience burnout, identity loss, shame from not being active enough or dissonance of the individualist responses to systemic issues. If people are encouraged to become active to improve one area of their mental well-being then there is a duty of care that they are sent into movements that look after their change makers? Failure to create and maintain cultures of collective care and safety for activists and advocates, not only risks the sustainability of movements but also risks causing harm to those who have become attracted to activism to ease the burdens of climate crisis. In saying that, we note that 'safety' is relative to one's socio-political context.

Climate Justice Union of Western Australia is working with people, particularly young people, in our advocacy networks to ground climate justice action in collective care, for a more connected and sustainable movement! 

Read more and stay tuned for our latest Participatory Action Research reflections and findings:  
https://climatejusticeunion.org/news 

Region: West Oceania (Noongar Boodja / South Western Australia)
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