Planetary Health

Frumkin and Myers and their contributors build their case so methodically, with loads of persuasive data, that by the end of the book, it seems difficult to imagine a better framework for understanding Earth's contemporary human-environmental dynamics. This book is a must-read for anyone passionate about creating better outcomes for more people, far into the future. -- The Dirt Planners and students can benefit from the authors' and editors' authoritative and wide-ranging overview (as well as their sincere optimism). -- Planning Magazine A must read for anyone interested in a roadmap to saving both ourselves and the planet. --Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, American Public Health Association If I could place a copy of this book in every home, every school, and on the desk of every public official, I would. Hope, wonder, awe, and respect are written into every page. So is a call to care. --Terry Tempest Williams, author of The Hour of Land and Writer in Residence, Harvard Divinity School The Covid microbe reminds us that biology can't be spun or compromised with; climate change teaches us the same lesson about physics and chemistry. This volume underlines those insights, and helps us see how we can reimagine our relationship with the planet. --Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? With digestible science and a wealth of historic and political context, this book... leaves us with a sense of hope given the solutions in hand and the proven resilience of the human spirit. --Gina McCarthy, President and CEO, Natural Resources Defense Council and former US EPA Administrator under Barack Obama A practical and useful handbook for planetary health education....The format of the book is engaging, with readable text complemented by an interesting mix of figures, tables, and photographs... The author roster is impressive... [it] provides a comprehensive and illuminating overview of planetary health...[and] is an important book [and] an excellent primer... I like it, and hope it is widely read. It certainly is a timely text for burgeoning university courses in planetary health. Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves should be on the reading list of all health professionals because they have an important part to play as we strive for planetary health. -- The Lancet A comprehensive review...Planetary Health is highly interdisciplinary, predicated as it is on the basis that human health and the health of the planet are inextricably linked. I would recommend biodiversity and conservation scientists to read this book because it shows how our understanding of the complexities and interaction of the natural world have direct relevance to managing many existing and emerging human diseases....The editors have done an excellent job in drawing together some deep and critical thinkers about planetary health, and so this will be a useful introductory textbook in undergraduate classes in ecology or environmental sciences as well as the health sciences. I would also like to see Planetary Health used as a primer for those from industry or policy involved in the challenges of how we protect our planet to ensure that it meets the health aspirations of future generations. -- Biodiversity and Conservation