Keywords:
Post-traumatic growth; planetary health; wisdom; self-distancing; awareness; mindfulness; COVID-19; non-communicable diseases (NCDs); biodiversity losses; climate change; environmental degradation; flourishing; positive contagion; mental health
Abstract:
Planetary health is a broad multidisciplinary effort that attempts to address what has been described as “Anthropocene Syndrome”—the wicked, interrelated challenges of our time. These include, but are not limited to, grotesque biodiversity losses, climate change, environmental degradation, resource depletion, the global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), health inequalities, social injustices, erosion of wisdom and civility, together with the many structural underpinnings of these grand challenges.