At the heart of nursing is the recognition that humans are not separate from nature—we are nature.
When the conditions for care, justice, and reciprocity are present, living systems can regenerate, communities can heal, and health can be reimagined. The Center for Planetary Health and Environmental Justice advances a vision of healthcare rooted in interconnection—where human health, ecological integrity, and social well-being are inseparable. We work across sectors and communities to cultivate regenerative approaches to care, strengthen mutual aid and food systems, and reshape how healthcare is delivered in service of people, place, and planet.
What is Planetary Health?
Mission
The Center for Planetary Health and Environmental Justice at the School of Nursing will foster education of future Planetary Health leaders; Planetary Health practice; innovative research and scholarship that includes both mitigation and adaptation; sustainable and equitable health care practices; and provide the thought leadership and transdisciplinary partnerships to restore Planetary Health.
Vision
Health is embracing the Interconnection within Nature and living in ways that permit all life to flourish now and for future generations.
Core values
- Interconnection within Nature
- Humility and commitment to restoring the Earth’s natural systems damaged by human behaviors
- Transdisciplinarity
- Systems thinking and complexity
- Diversity, equity, inclusivity, and justice
- Decisions based on the well-being of future generations
- Partnership social model rather than hierarchies of domination
- Solidarity
- Solution and action oriented
Partners
