The Planetary Health Alliance, together with  Island Press , is thrilled to announce the publication of  Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect  Ourselves , co-edited by  Dr. Samuel Myers and  Dr. Howard Frumkin with contributions from widely recognized experts! Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the...

  Registration Registration is now OPEN!   Registration Fees General Admission: $500 Student: $150 Low- and middle-income country residents*: $150 Press: email pha@harvard.edu for registration information *L…

On April 4, 2019, the Planetary Health Alliance, as part of the Constellation Project, had the honor of welcoming Eskimo Kalaallit elder, Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq, and Pwo navigator and President of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, Nainoa Thompson, at Harvard to share their wisdom, traditions, and perspective on a world plagued by human-induced environmental destruction. Watch the recording of...

The Planetary Health Alliance and Stanford University are seeking abstracts for oral and poster presentations for the 2019 Planetary Health Annual Meeting at Stanford University on September 4-6, 2019. Individuals are invited to submit their relevant planetary health abstract in the following three categories: Scientific Research, Education, and Policy and Practice. Students and early career...

The Planetary Health Alliance ( PHA)  is delighted to announce the winner, finalist and honorable mentions for the first PHA open call for visual storytellers.  Driven to spread the message of planetary health to broader audiences, the Planetary Health Alliance hosted this open call using the Visura platform to connect with professional visual storytellers worldwide. The PHA...

The Planetary Health Alliance, along with the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University Center for the Environment, and the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, are sponsoring a lecture and book reading with Dr. Sharon Friel, author of the...

Check out the latest planetary health research, job opportunities, and more in the January newsletter!         Planetary Health Newsletter: January        

A message from The Planetary Health Alliance

The 2018 Planetary Health Alliance Open Call for Visual Storytellers Visual stories depicting the human health impacts of human-caused disruptions of Earth's natural systems. Learn more about our focus of Planetary Health, here .

The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) is delighted to announce its first Open Call for Photographers. This open call is an exclusive opportunity for active Visura members to receive an invitation by the PHA to feature his or her project on the homepage of the PHA website. The PHA will pay the winner a $1,000 compensation stipend for the feature. The winner and honorable mentions will receive...

The PHA team is in its final few weeks before the holiday break. Over the past month, we have placed particular focus on planetary health education, student engagement, and strategic planning for the new year. We connected with the education working group leads, who will be holding calls with their working groups over the coming weeks, and convened the first discussion around the new...

On October 17, The Planetary Health Alliance will feature three unique voices from several different traditions and life experiences — Stacy Bare , an Iraq war veteran, Founder of A dventure Not War , Co-Founder of the Great Outdoors Lab , and National Geographic Adventurer ; Prathima Muniyappa , a researcher at the MIT Media Lab exploring the use of space technology to advance...

The Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) is excited to announce the formal launch of the redesigned Planetary Health Alliance website ! The new site includes improvements to site navigation for new audiences unfamiliar to planetary health, a dynamic homepage for updated PHA news and events, and a comprehensive list of PHA member organizations, along with their statements of engagement in planetary...

The deadline for program proposals for the 2019 Planetary Health Annual Meeting has been extended to January 7, 2019 at 5pm PST  https://planetaryhealthannualmeeting.org/call-for-program-proposals/

Announcing the 2019 Planetary Health Annual Meeting  at Stanford on September 4-6, 2019! Organized by the Planetary Health Alliance and Stanford University, through its Woods Institute for the Environment and Center for Innovation in Global Health.   Call for programming proposals are now being accepted! The conference’s overarching objective is to catalyze efforts...

Our Rockefeller Foundation Planetary Health Fellows were involved in various research projects during the 2017-2018 academic period. Read updates on their work and what lies ahead in 2019! RFPH Activities 2017-18.pdf

The Global Health Film Festival is accepting  film submissions of short (25 minutes or less) and feature (over 25 minutes) length on any global health topic. Global health topics may include LGBT rights, maternal and neonatal health, healthy aging, mental health, refugee health, climate change, emerging infections, communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases. A ...

MAY 29-31, 2018 Edinburgh, UK MCEWAN HALL, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH WITH SATELLITE SESSIONS JUNE 1 Planetary Health Alliance , along with the  University of Edinburgh , the  American Geophysical Union , the  Wellcome Trust ,  The Lancet Countdown ,  The Lancet Planetary Health , the  International Development Research Centre , and ...