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Healthy people in a healthy environment
Good health and well-being require a clean and harmonious environment where physical, psycho - logical, social and aesthetic factors are all given their due importance. These factors are affected by actions and choices which can secure considerable health benefits. The environment is thus not only important for its own sake, but as a resource for better living conditions and well-being.- What we’ve agreed: the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Millennium Development Goals
- Green savings
- What young people want
- Water – the key to life
- The air we breathe
- Safer, quieter towns and cities of the future – reclaiming the streets
- Active, healthy lifestyles
- Making energy sustainable
- On the safe side
- Listen to our voices – the Bandung Declaration
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Health and the Environment Archive
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Health and climate change 3
Posted on May 16, 2011 | No CommentsTowns and cities: The urban population of developing countries is expected to increase from 2.3 billion in 2005 to 4 billion by 2030. And as cities swell with inadequate housing...
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Health and climate change 4
Posted on May 18, 2011 | No CommentsExtreme events: Between 1998 and 2007, 2 billion people – around a third of the global population – were affected by natural disasters, many linked to such unusual weather as... -
Health and climate change 5
Posted on May 20, 2011 | No CommentsPopulation and migration: The global population is expected to increase to 9.2 billion by 2050, mostly in the developing world. This will interact with climate change to reduce further the... -
Healing the Earth through myths and dance
Posted on May 9, 2011 | No Comments‘Mother Earth, true, does not need any help to heal herself. If left to herself, she will in her own time renew the Earth. But do we stand back and... -
Exposure 1
Posted on May 2, 2011 | No CommentsManmade chemicals are everywhere, from food to furniture, cosmetics to computers, toys to toothpaste. They have brought great benefits, swelling our harvests, beating previously unvanquishable diseases, making possible a host... -
Exposure 2
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No CommentsDocumentary film-maker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer – the first black female director to be nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award – has spent years researching people’s... -
Exposure 3
Posted on May 7, 2011 | No CommentsDocumentary film-maker Penelope Jagessar Chaffer – the first black female director to be nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award – has spent years researching people’s... -
Black carbon and ozone
Posted on April 28, 2011 | No CommentsIt seems almost too good to be true, but a set of measures to cut two widespread pollutants could greatly reduce both one of the world's biggest causes of disease... -
Urban health 1
Posted on April 14, 2011 | No CommentsJust because most of us live in cities doesn’t mean we can’t get out and play. It’s good for us: according to the World Health Organization, at least 30 minutes... -
Urban health 2
Posted on April 18, 2011 | No CommentsCycle madness Cycling to work or school improves cardiovascular health and overall well-being, and getting people out of their cars makes a significant dent in a city’s carbon emissions, not...
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