We’re leading a global movement to secure Earth’s future through science, collaboration, and transformative action. Learn about what is driving our diverse community of changemakers working to protect and regenerate our planet’s natural systems for generations to come.
Our Vision: A world where all people thrive for generations to come by protecting and regenerating Earth’s natural systems.
PLANETARY HEALTH ALLIANCE
Our Mission
The Planetary Health Alliance’s mission is to promote, mobilize, and lead an inclusive, transdisciplinary field of Planetary Health and its diverse science, stories, solutions, and communities to achieve the Great Transition, a comprehensive shift in how human beings interact with each other and Nature, in order to secure a livable future for humanity and the rest of life on Earth.
Every dimension of human activity is rich with solutions that can help bring humanity back into balance with our natural systems. Despite the challenges, we are hopeful that, collectively, we will find the resolve to implement those solutions to achieve the Great Transition.
Urgency
We are a community forged in urgency. With one generation to transform society into balance with Earth’s natural systems, we remain aspirational while recognizing time is of the essence.
Science-Driven Innovation
Planetary Health innovation is supported by the rigorous generation and dissemination of scientific evidence about the connections between human well-being and the state of our natural systems. We are committed to supporting the growth of that knowledge, curating and synthesizing it for our community, and disseminating it to policymakers, movement builders, the private sector and the general public.
Justice, Equity, and Compassion
The health burden of degraded natural systems disproportionately affects future generations and people with the fewest resources who are often least responsible for environmental changes. We are committed to highlighting how resource shortages often lead to conflict, intensifying the destruction of natural systems and perpetuating a cycle of need, inequity, and displacement. This is deeply unfair and mirrors vast existing disparities and structural inequities worldwide. We hold that justice, equity, and compassion must be the driving forces behind a future of Planetary Health for humanity and the rest of life on Earth.
Partnership and Inclusivity
We strive to form lasting partnerships marked by deep respect and connection within our communities and in relationship with the rest of nature. We are a diverse community that is transdisciplinary, multicultural, and intergenerational. We honor Indigenous Peoples and their ways of knowing as well as all practices that center the interdependence of Earth’s natural systems and human well-being. We believe that Indigenous wisdom plays an essential role in understanding that the health of humans and the planet are inseparable. All voices must be at the table to share ideas, explore different perspectives, and collaborate to enable all people to act as changemakers.
Humility
We recognize that we do not have all the answers and that achieving the Great Transition will require knowledge from many traditions and actors with a multitude of strengths and perspectives. We are facilitators and connectors, remaining true to our mission while constantly reflecting on our work, biases, and place in nature.
Support our mission to secure a thriving future for all
The Planetary Health Alliance depends on generous supporters who understand that human health is inextricably linked to Earth’s natural systems. Your support enables us to coordinate global initiatives, strengthen our networks, and mobilize communities to address Earth’s most pressing challenges and humanity’s ecological footprint.
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