Community Spotlight
Traveling Planetary Health Exhibit Supports Healing in Healthcare Systems
The photo above shows the new portable banner edition of Thrive! on its Earth Day premiere at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Tower Mezzanine, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA from April 22 – May 20, 2025. The exhibition opened its second venue at Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center, 850 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA on June 5, 2025, where it is currently on display. Photo Credit: Harvard Osher Center
The photo above shows the new portable banner edition of Thrive! on its Earth Day premiere at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Tower Mezzanine, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA from April 22 – May 20, 2025. The exhibition opened its second venue at Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center, 850 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA on June 5, 2025, where it is currently on display. Photo Credit: Harvard Osher Center
The Inaugural Traveling Thrive! exhibit at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA, hosted by the Harvard Osher Center for Integrative Health on Earth Day, April 22nd, 2025. From Left: Bernard Jones, EdM, Vice President, Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Brigham Academic Medical Centers; Peter Wayne, PhD, Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital; George Player, CPE, Vice President, Facilities and Operations, Brigham Health Photo Credit: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
The photo above is of the original Thrive! Healthy People • Healthy Planet inaugural exhibition at Gifts of Art, Taubman Health Center, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI from June 12 – August 25, 2023. This traveling exhibition is currently on display at the Rogalski Center, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA in partnership with the Institute for Person-Centered Care. Photo Credit: Amelia Hansen
Art in Motion, Nature in Mind
Mutual Reawakening, a women-led transdisciplinary collective, was founded to explore how art and lived wisdom can strengthen connections between human health and the natural world. Grounded in Planetary Health principles, the group emphasizes that true wellbeing arises when the nine essentials for health—air, water, food, shelter, energy, biodiversity, community, safety, and purpose—are honored and protected. Their flagship project, Thrive! Healthy People • Healthy Planet is a traveling photography exhibition created for healthcare institutions, celebrating nature’s gifts rather than emphasizing its crises. By offering beauty, reflection, and simple invitations to connect with the earth, Thrive! shows that nurturing planetary health and personal health are deeply intertwined.
By bringing art and nature into spaces like hospitals, Thrive! provides moments of restoration for patients, families, and staff, highlighting the reciprocity between caring for the earth and caring for ourselves. Thrive! is available in both the original format and a new portable banner edition featuring 45 photographs from 23 international artists. Mutual Reawakening envisions Thrive! traveling to healthcare systems worldwide. Learn more and bring Planetary Health art into your community.
For more information, email mutual.reawakening@gmail.com.