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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
Check out our latest posts here.
We can either design cities & communities for people where normal physical activity is an almost invisible part of daily life, or we can design places for cars where physical activity requires extraordinary effort. My comments on Australia’s @BreakfastNews
While we eagerly await the next Climate Conversation podcast episode, we highly recommend giving this @RewildingEurope podcast episode a listen!
@James__Shooter explores rewilding and what Scotland could look like if nature is given a chance.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1o5Lgu73D39BzktbGnyHho?si=u1qZ6KcuQ6KbldmFDhI-eg
A group of stakeholders including the Irish Wildlife Trust, the Federation of Irish Beekeepers, and Hedgerows Ireland have called on the State to move immediately to protect the country's hedgerows, of which over 3,000km are removed every year | Read more: https://bit.ly/3x1d0LB
Digital Data Dump Day — 19th March 2022
Our digital lives need a good Spring clean like anything else!
Mar 19, 2022 / Read More
Taking the Pulse of COP26
The 26th Conference Of Parties at Glasgow brought unprecedented media attention to the climate crisis. World leaders, policy makers and n...
Nov 30, 2021 / Read More
Palliative Care for Planet Earth?
In medicine, there are few specialties that can hold a candle to the work of palliative care. Anyone who has lost a loved one that was ca...
Aug 09, 2021 / Read More
The Overview Effect
Modern day philosophiser Timothy Morton first used the phrase “hyperobject” with respect to the climate crisis, referring to the difficul...
Jun 11, 2020 / Read More
Cork Hospital Cycleway
We would like a protected Cork Hospital Cycleway for healthcare workers and the people of Cork!
Jun 11, 2020 / Read More
Honouring Earth Day during COVID-19 — a call for a planetary health renaissance
Crises like Covid-19 demonstrate the fragility and interconnectedness of our lives, communities and the environments we share. Issues suc...
Apr 22, 2020 / Read More
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.
Many thanks to all of our guests on our second season of Climate Conversations. There are so many highlights and takeaways from our eclectic range of guests…from the streets of Glasgow at COP26 to the green fields of Galway, from collapsing Swiss glaciers to healthcare’s own egregious carbon footprint, from advocacy abroad to advocacy at home. Special thanks to Ian Lumley, Dr Sinead Walsh, Kenneth Keavey, Randal Plunkett, Dr James Dixon, Professor Hannah Daly and Naomi Sheehan for their time, their expertise and most importantly their fine conversation. Irish Doctors for the Environment are looking forward to lots more in 2023 and hope you will continue to listen, share and most importantly to get involved. Here is to a successful and sustainable 2023.
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