Sundhed
Den grønne omstilling er en oplagt mulighed for at se på, hvordan vi forbedrer vores sundhed. Det vil kræve både ændret forbrugeradfærd og nye politiske tilgange til, hvordan vi lever. Vores forskningsnetværk "Health responsible green transition" søger løsninger til bedst muligt at gøre sundhed til del af den grønne omstilling.
Den grønne omstilling hænger uløseligt sammen med miljømæssig bæredygtighed og med menneskers sundhed.
Løsningerne til fremtidens bæredygtige og sunde liv har potentiale til at optimere menneskers sundhed og mentale og sociale trivsel.
I vores forskningsnetværk "Health responsible green transition" arbejder vi på at levere videnskabsbaserede løsninger på de sundhedsproblemer, der er iboende i den grønne omstilling.
Sundhed som grøn løsning
Sammenhængen mellem sundhed og grøn omstilling kommer til udtryk på en række forskellige måder.
Mere plantebaserede kostvaner har potentiale til markant at forbedre sundheden, men det kræver, at de plantebaserede produkter er både næringsrige, kulturelt acceptable og til at betale for forbrugerne.
Aktive former for pendling, brugen af vores fritid, og muligheder for en sund og bæredygtig livsstil er andre potentialer i samspillet mellem grøn omstilling og sundhed.
Mental sundhed er også vigtigt at undersøge. Det er tydeligt, at der blandt mange mennesker er negative mentale sundhedskonsekvenser ved at leve i en tid med økologisk krise. Derfor undersøger vi også sorg og sorgbearbejdning som en del af den moderne kultur.
Menneskerettigheder i centrum
Hvis vi skal lykkes med de sundhedsmæssige fordele, der kan blive mulige gennem den grønne omstilling, skal vi både ændre forbrugeradfærd i hverdagen, men også samfundets mere generelle betingelser for, hvordan mennesker lever. Sådanne ændringer er ikke succesfulde, medmindre de traditionelle politiske værktøjer, der har fokus på individet, suppleres med mere kollektive tilgange, der tager højde for sociale og kulturelle sammenhænge.
Vores nuværende sundheds- og fødevaresystemer vækker bekymringer om, hvorvidt de lever op til vores ret til sikre, rene, sunde og socialt bæredygtige byer og miljøer, herunder mad, vand og luft.
De nuværende sundheds- og fødevaresystemer vækker bekymringer om, hvorvidt de lever op til vores ret til sikre, rene, sunde og socialt bæredygtige byer og miljøer, herunder mad, vand og luft. Derfor foreslår vi en tilgang, der går på tværs af sektorer og tager udgangspunkt i menneskerettighederne for at fremme lige muligheder for folk til at leve et sundt liv.
I vores forskningsnetværk "Health responsible green transition" tilbyder vi tværfaglige løsninger på problemer relateret til fysisk, mental og social trivsel set i lyset af udfordringerne forbundet med moderne livsstil, urbanisering, miljøforringelse og klimaændringer.
Forskere i netværket
| Inge Tetens | Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports | Faculty of Science |
| Bente Halkier | Department of Sociology | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Mette Hartlev | WELMA - Legal Studies in Welfare and Market, Faculty of Law | Faculty of Law |
| Mikkel Krause Frantzen | Department of Arts and Cultural Studies | Faculty of Humanities |
| Ayo Wahlberg | Department of Anthropology | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Marie Pedersen | Department of Public Health | Faculty of Health |
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Aim
Our aim is to deliver science-based solutions to the human health issues inherent in the green transition. We offer cross-disciplinary solutions to problems related to physical, mental and social wellbeing in connection with current threats associated with modern lifestyle, urbanization, environmental degradation and climate change. The solutions embrace the transformation needed, taking into consideration the multiple dimensions of everyday life at the individual and societal level.
Description
The green transition is inextricably linked to human health and environmental sustainability. The green transformation encompasses opportunities for the health system to encompass behavioral and environmental risk factors in a more sustainable direction by targeting actions towards lower daily exposures, including food supplies, physical activity, water and air quality and lower pollutant emissions.
Recognizing that food practices are entangled in everyday lives and modifiable through a multitude of individual and societal determinants, we seek to further the understanding of solutions that ensure more plant-based diets to be health promoting, nutrient adequate, culturally acceptable, and economic affordable. Solutions to promoting active forms of commuting, spending leisure time and living healthily and sustainably will be undertaken. Further, negative mental health consequences of living in a time of ecological crisis including dimensions of grief and mourning as part of contemporary culture will be explored. Sustainable solutions resulting in improved quality of ambient air and water will be delivered.
Health benefits of behavioral, societal and green transitions require consistent changes in consumer behavior in everyday life and changes in the conditions in society for how people live. Such changes are not successful unless the traditional individual-focused policy tools are supplemented with institutional and socio-cultural actions. The green transition can provide new solutions and opportunities for a further understanding of consumer behavior, since changes of behavioral routines necessitate support for a normalizing of an alternative greener and healthier behavior. It can also provide an understanding of the interplay between social, cultural and structural frameworks and individual behavior. As the current health and food systems are raising concerns about human rights to a safe, clean, healthy and socially sustainable cities and environment encompassing food, water and air, we suggest applying a comprehensive cross sectorial and human rights-based approach to promote equality of opportunities for people to live a healthy life.
The solutions to future sustainable and healthy living have the potential to optimize human health, defined as physical, mental and social wellbeing and to reduce risk of lifestyle diseases and mental health consequences of living in a time of ecological crisis. This has important implications for global warming, for human beings and for the future of children and young people around the world.