Health in the Anthropocene

Katharine Zywert is an independent researcher and writer working at the intersection of social-ecological systems change and health. Stephen Quilley is an associate professor of Social and Ecological Innovation in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction to Health in the Anthropocene: Living Well on a Finite PlanetKatharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of Waterloo Part 1, Population Health in the Anthropocene: Addressing Wicked Problems in the Transition to an Alternative Social-Ecological System Guided by Ecological ConstraintsIntroductionKatharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of WaterlooIndividual or Community as a Frame of Reference for Health in Modernity and in the AnthropoceneStephen Quilley, University of Waterloo "Regional Overload" as an Indicator of Profound Risk: A Plea for the Public Health Community to AwakenColin Butler, University　of CanberraMedicine and Healthcare in the Anthropocene: Who Pays and Why?Jennifer Cole, University of LondonAnthropocene Health Economics: Preparing for the Journey or the Destination?Martin Hensher, University of TasmaniaWhat About My Pineapples?: The Wicked Implications of Nonlinearity, Embedded Systems, and Transformative Social GoalsKaitlin Kish, McGill UniversityImagining Health Systems 150 years from Now: Best and Worst-case Scenarios for the Future of Human HealthKatharine Zywert, University of WaterlooA Changing Role for Public Health in the Anthropocene: The Contribution of Scenario Thinking for Reimagining the FutureBlake Poland, University of Toronto, Margot Parkes, University of British Columbia, Trevor Hancock, University of Victoria, George McKibbon, University of Guelph, Andrea Chircop, Dalhousie University Part 2, Emerging social innovations for health and wellbeing: Prefiguring viable health systems for the Anthropocene IntroductionKatharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of WaterlooThe Role of Grassroots Social Movements as Agents of Change for Societal Transformation: The Example of the Transition MovementBlake Poland, University of TorontO, and the Transition Emerging Study Research Team (Chris Buse, Randy Haluza-Delay, Chris Ling, Lenore Newman, Andreì-Anne Parent, Cheryl Teelucksingh, Rebecca Hasdell, K Hayes)"Food as Thy Medicine:" How Ecovillages Foster Population and Planetary Health through Regenerative Food SystemsLisa Mychajluk, University of Toronto - OISECare Farming: Making a Meaningful Connection between Agriculture, Health Care and SocietyMarjolein Elings, Wageningen University & ResearchGrieving Nature – Grieving in Nature: The Place of Parks and Natural Places in Palliative and Grief CareSonya L. Jakubec, Mount Royal University, Dan Carruthers Den Hoed, Mount Royal University, Heather Ray, Mount Royal University, Ashok Krishnamurthy, Mount Royal UniversityNature as Partner: Rethinking Intersectoral Action for Health in the Anthropocene Era, Mary Jane Yates, University of AlbertaThe Soil Sponge: Collaborating with the Work of Other Species to Improve Public Health, Climate Change, and ResilienceDidi PershouseMaking Medicine Work in the Anthropocene: Tenets of a Meta-medicine for Complex Adaptive Systems in Precarious TimesKatharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and William Sutherland, University of WaterlooPart 3, Alternative ontologies: Laying the groundwork for living well within the earth’s biophysical limits Introduction, Katharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of WaterlooOur Affluence Is Killing Us: What Degrowth Offers Health and WellbeingJean-Louis Aillon, Frantz Fanon CenterNurturing Ecological ConsciousnessMark Hathaway, University of Waterloo, Donald Cole, University of Toronto, and Blake Poland, University of TorontoBodies of the Anthropocene: Health, Ontology, EcologyAlexander Foster, King’s College LondonThe Exploration of Socio-Ecological Approaches and Indicators in the AnthropoceneAnn Del Bianco, York University, David Mallery, York University, Kamal Paudel, York University, Martin J. Bunch, York UniversityComing Back to Our True Nature: What is the inner work that supports Transition?Blake Poland, University of TorontoDeath Denial in the AnthropoceneSheldon Solomon, Skidmore College To Become Ancestors of a Living FutureBarbara Jane Davy, University of WaterlooConclusion, Pursuing Health in the Anthropocene: A Synthesis of Current and Future Research PrioritiesKatharine Zywert, University of Waterloo and Stephen Quilley, University of WaterlooList of Contributors