What is Planetary Health?
“Our definition of planetary health is the achievement of the highest attainable standard of health, well-being, and equity worldwide through judicious attention to the human systems—political, economic, and social—that shape the future of humanity and the Earth’s natural systems that define the safe environmental limits within which humanity can flourish.”
Report of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health, 2015
What We Do
Change
IDE is committed to being an agent for change. We work to make the Irish healthcare system more green.
Advocacy
IDE is committed to use our position of privilege to speak out on issues related to health and the environment. We do this through Direct Action and political engagement.
Science
IDE aims to be involved in the promotion of planetary health science in Ireland. We have published papers and spoke at academic conferences.
Education
IDE is committed to educating doctors and the public on the climate crisis and its health effects. We aim to be a conduit through which those interested can learn more about the issues facing us and how healthcare and climate interact.
Latest Updates
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3 out of 4 Europeans live in urban areas and most of them are exposed to unsafe levels of air pollution.
Only 13 European cities have average fine particulate concentrations that are below the World Health Organisation's health-based guideline levels.
The rise in community saunas is making the health benefits of saunas more accessible to people.
On top of all that, the new Stratford Community Sauna is FREE for NHS workers, and can even be prescribed through NHS trusts in Hackney and Newham.
Should we treat greenhouse gas emissions like smoking?excellent article by @HannahEDaly reframing #Netzero is essential. Currently it is being used by big business to continue unsustainable practices, only with wooden cutlery in their canteens
Ultra Low Emission Zones (#ULEZ) are brilliant!
When are we getting some in Ireland?
Let's enable children in Ireland to get to school by #ActiveTransport or #PublicTransport, not cars.
Let's enable our children to be healthy.
In Climate Conversations we talk to a diverse range of inspirational people who share a deep commitment to their communities and the natural world that sustains them. Through engaging and broad reaching conversations with leading authors, scientists, activists and politicians we discover some of the solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises that threaten our future and learn how these solutions will create a healthier, happier and more equitable world.
Alan is a retired psychiatrist living in Tipperary. He is the secretary of Hedgerows Ireland and believes that our hedgerows have never been more important as we face urgent and mounting climate and biodiversity challenges. His group is allied to a range of other stakeholders, including farmers, beekeepers and birdwatchers who share a common interest in these vital landscape features.
For more information visit https://hedgerowsireland.org/
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The whole of life is coming to terms with yourself and the natural world. Why are you here? How do you fit in? What’s it all about?