One Health is a holistic approach that recognizes the interrelationship of human and planetary well-being. A new scientific field at the intersection of inner development, behavior change, and systems transformation suggests that sustainability challenges are a reflection of an inner, human crisis. One that separates ourselves from each other and the natural world.
How can we support planetary health when we, as a part of this system, are wrestling with uncertainty and no longer flourishing?
The Well-Being for Impact (WB4I) initiative creates intentional spaces and opportunities that nurture well-being among change-makers by cultivating essential inner development skills fundamental to sustainable change. At its heart, the initiative seeks to shift the paradigm for how we come together, engage in dialogue and show up in the world—promoting greater understanding and compassion in the face of uncertainty, conflict, and chaos.
Mindful Moments
In addition to restorative activities, a number of sessions throughout the conference are tagged with the WB4I icon and will welcome a Mindful Moment, a reflective 30 second pause where one pays notice to their body and breath, calming the nervous system, and grounding in place to support a state of openness and receptivity more conducive to learning and connection.
Applying neuroscience to strengthening inner development skills, helps each of us to bring mindful self-awareness to our relationships with others offering a greater opportunity to foster connection and build personal and collective resilience.
WB4I Agenda Highlights
Tuesday
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. – Opening Plenary: Executive leadership in action: Embedding sustainability as core business strategy
Wednesday
7:00 – 7:45 a.m. – Yoga
9:30 – 10:30 p.m. – Pathways towards building community climate resilience
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – NextGen CHNAs: Leaning into the Vital Conditions for a Thriving Natural World
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Networking: Regional roundtable exchange: Meet new peers, spark new partnerships
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – The Steaks are High: Clinician Involvement in Sustainability Efforts
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – Measuring the Impact of Food as Medicine
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. – Cracking the code on low carbon meals
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Plenary: STAT! Talk
Thursday
6:30 a.m. – Fun run toward the St. Louis Arch!
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Communicating Sustainability Through Values and Practice
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Clinician-Led Climate Resilience: A Community-Rooted Model from Miami
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. – Exploring AI opportunities for health care sustainability
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. – Empowering clinicians for environmental justice and community activism
To learn more about the Well-Being for Impact initiative or share your insights, connect with Stacia Clinton or Kate Gottlieb at CleanMed.
Join us in this experiment to cultivate compassionate action at a time of great uncertainty.
This is the decisive decade not just for climate change, but for redefining what it means to be human.
Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and lead negotiator for the Paris Climate Accord
At CleanMed, connect with healthcare leaders innovating at the intersection of well-being and sustainability:
Dr. Christina Bowen
Chief Well-being Officer, Vidant Health
Dr. Bowen is an integrative medicine physician with ECU Health Physicians and the Medical Director of The Center for Healthy Living at The Outer Banks Hospital. She champions well-being efforts by collaborating with the entire organization to develop, guide and implement team member and provider well-being and resilience initiatives. Among the multifaceted approaches and innovative programming she oversees, is a series of guided meditations led by staff and leaders throughout the organization offering the opportunity for staff to support each other in finding mindfulness and purpose amidst the daily work.
Dr. Chris Lemon
Institute for Planetary Health at Johns Hopkins University
He is double-boarded in Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics. He spearheaded the development of the Sectors for Planetary Health Engagement & Resilience model or SPHERES model that assists changemakers in connecting personal identity with sector-wide solidarity ensuring fosters engagement that is both meaningful and lasting. Learn more about him at www.christopherlemon.com.