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. 2021 Oct 12;18(20):10654.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph182010654.

Project Earthrise: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of in VIVO Planetary Health

Susan L Prescott  1   2   3   4 , Ganesa Wegienka  5 , Remco Kort  6   7 , David H Nelson  8 , Sabine Gabrysch  9   10   11 , Trevor Hancock  12 , Anita Kozyrskyj  13 , Christopher A Lowry  14 , Nicole Redvers  15 , Blake Poland  16 , Jake Robinson  17 , Jean-Claude Moubarac  18 , Sara Warber  4   19 , Janet Jansson  20 , Aki Sinkkonen  21 , John Penders  22 , Susan Erdman  23 , Ralph Nanan  24 , Matilda van den Bosch  25 , Kirk Schneider  26   27   28 , Nicholas J Schroeck  29 , Tanja Sobko  30 , Jamie Harvie  31 , George A Kaplan  4   32 , Rob Moodie  33 , Laura Lengnick  34 , Isaac Prilleltensky  35 , Yuria Celidwen  36 , Susan H Berman  4 , Alan C Logan  4 , Brian Berman  4
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Project Earthrise: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of in VIVO Planetary Health

Susan L Prescott et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The "Earthrise" photograph, taken on the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, became one of the most significant images of the 20th Century. It triggered a profound shift in environmental awareness and the potential for human unity-inspiring the first Earth Day in 1970. Taking inspiration from these events 50 years later, we initiated Project Earthrise at our 2020 annual conference of inVIVO Planetary Health. This builds on the emergent concept of planetary health, which provides a shared narrative to integrate rich and diverse approaches from all aspects of society towards shared solutions to global challenges. The acute catastrophe of the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn greater attention to many other interconnected global health, environmental, social, spiritual, and economic problems that have been underappreciated or neglected for decades. This is accelerating opportunities for greater collaborative action, as many groups now focus on the necessity of a "Great Transition". While ambitious integrative efforts have never been more important, it is imperative to apply these with mutualistic value systems as a compass, as we seek to make wiser choices. Project Earthrise is our contribution to this important process. This underscores the imperative for creative ecological solutions to challenges in all systems, on all scales with advancing global urbanization in the digital age-for personal, environmental, economic and societal health alike. At the same time, our agenda seeks to equally consider our social and spiritual ecology as it does natural ecology. Revisiting the inspiration of "Earthrise", we welcome diverse perspectives from across all dimensions of the arts and the sciences, to explore novel solutions and new normative values. Building on academic rigor, we seek to place greater value on imagination, kindness and mutualism as we address our greatest challenges, for the health of people, places and planet.

Keywords: Anthropocene; Symbiocene; and Indigenous governance; anthropology; architecture and design; arts; biodiversity losses; climate change; collaboration; ecology; environmental degradation; ethics; geography; grand challenges; history and tradition; human culture; interdependence; interdisciplinary research; philosophy; planetary health; political/social/environmental sciences; public health; resilience thinking; social and economic justice; spirituality; the great transition; wisdom.

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Conflict of interest statement

C.A.L. serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Immodulon Therapeutics, Ltd., C.A.L is Cofounder and Chief Scientific Officer of Mycobacteria Therapeutics Corporation, C.A.L serves as an unpaid scientific consultant to Aurum Switzerland AG, and C.A.L is a member of the faculty of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, Boulder, Colorado. Other authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Overview of the sessions presented within the initial Project Earthrise discussions at our annual conference (and the corresponding sections of these proceedings).
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Broadening our vision to set the stage for change. Overview of topics and speakers in the opening session.
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What kind of world do we want to live in? Overview of topics and speakers in the session on urban and social systems for health and fulfilment.
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Figure 4
Food systems from the ground up: can food solutions also be climate solutions? Overview of topics and speakers in the session on food systems.
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Building mutualism through nature connectedness. Overview of topics and speakers in the session on nature and wellbeing on all scales.
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Targeting Ecological Foundations: Rewilding Environmental Microbiomes. Overview of topics and speakers in the session on microbial ecology for health at all scales.
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Health and fulfilment in a changing physical, emotional, social and political environment. Overview of topics and speakers in the session on personal ecology in a rapidly changing exposome.
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Transgenerational and Life-course Opportunities to Improve Health: Overview of topics and speakers in the session on developmental ecology (Part 1).
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Healthier Beginnings: Early Life interventions: Overview of topics and speakers in the session on developmental ecology (Part 2).
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Figure 10
Making change through communities and networks: Overview of topics and speakers in the session on grassroots engagement.
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Figure 11
Elements and Actions for Meaningful Change: Overview of topics and speakers in the session considering the “next steps” for Project Earthrise.
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