Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2023 - Advancing planetary health, sustainability and environmental education in physiotherapyThe EPTAgenda2023 started in 2020 as a global call to action and collaborative project aiming at the integration of planetary health, environmental, and sustainability education into entry-level physiotherapy education programs around the world. As a global initiative, it represents an unprecedented effort combining the strength of the entire physiotherapy profession to simultaneously contribute to human and environmental health, functioning, and flourishing.
The EPT Agenda 2023 has gathered over 90 universities from around the world, alongside 30+ supporting organizations and 700+ individual supporters in its efforts to implement planetary health, environmental, and sustainability education into entry-level physiotherapy training around the world. Materials developed include an extensive selection of inspirational case reports and many other resources for physiotherapy educators and students looking to make a start in environmental physiotherapy education. The project has now transitioned into its second phase, the EPT Agenda 2027.
Maric, F., Bårdsen, Å, & Nikolaisen, L.J. (2023). Rød tråd om grønn fremtid: Slik satser vi på bærekraft. Fysioterapeuten Tidsskriftet. https://www.fysioterapeuten.no/rod-trad-om-gronn-fremtid-slik-satser-vi-pa-baerekraft/148333
Maric, F. (2023). Mot løsninger på vår fantasikrise (Toward solutions for our crisis of imagination). Fysioterapeuten Tidsskriftet. https://www.fysioterapeuten.no/mot-losninger-pa-var-fantasikrise/151092
Langballe, M. N., & Maric, F. (2022). Ein fysioterapeutstudents erfaring med å leda ein «grøn» faglunsj. Fysioterapeuten. https://www.fysioterapeuten.no/baerekraft-fysioterapi-personlig-erfaring/ein-fysioterapeutstudents-erfaring-med-a-leda-ein-gron-faglunsj/146279
Lister, H. E., Mostert, K., Botha, T., van der Linde, S., van Wyk, E., Rocher, S.-A., Laing, R., Wu, L., Müller, S., des Tombe, A., Kyangyago, T., Zwane, N., Mphogo, B., & Maric, F. (2022). South African Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare: A Mixed-Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 10121. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610121
Maric, F., Chance-Larsen, K., Chevan, J., Jameson, S., Nicholls, D., Opsommer, E., Perveen, W., Richter, R., Stanhope, J., Stone, O., Strimpakos, N., Vieira, A., Williams, M., Zuber. S., Söderlund, A. (2021). A progress report on planetary health, environmental and sustainability education in physiotherapy – Editorial. European Journal of Physiotherapy, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/21679169.2021.1932981
Guzmán, C. A. F., Aguirre, A., Astle, B., Barros, E., Bayles, B., Chimbari, M., El-Abbadi, N., Evert, J., Hackett, F., Howard, C., Jennings, J., Krzyzek, A., LeClair, J., Maric, F., Martin, O., Osano, O., Patz, J. A., Potter, T., Redvers, N., Trienekens, N., Walpole, S. C., Wilson, L., Xu, C., & Zylstra, M. J. (2021). A framework to guide planetary health education. The Lancet Planetary Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196(21)00110-8
Barna, S., Maric, F., Simons, J., Kumar, S., & Blankestijn, P. J. (2020). Education for the Anthropocene: Planetary health, sustainable health care, and the health workforce. Medical Teacher, 42(10), 1091–1096. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2020.1798914
Maric, F., Nicholls, D., Mostert, K., Culpan, J., Stone, O., van Wijchen, J., Kennedy, M., Long, I., Bundtzen, T. (2020). The Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2023. Oslo: Environmental Physiotherapy Association (EPA). ISBN: 978-82-303-4491-0.
For more information and questions about the EPT Agenda please contact Filip Maric (PhD)