The concept of planetary health has recently joined a plethora of new vocabulary that sparks new meanings and imaginaries about what constitutes health, what parts of the planet we value, and what the aspirations are for the human and the non-human family. As a social imaginary, planetary health is concerned with issues and problems that are related, but simultaneously embedded with systems of social, economic, political, and environmental architectures of order and change. This video uses the metaphor of planetary health to improve understanding of planetary health as a state of well-being, optimal functioning and system thriving.

Video presentation for “Exploring “Planetary Health” in the Context of Earth System Governance” Innovative Session for Earth System Governance Annual Conference, Radboud the Netherlands with Prof Kathryn Bowen, The University of Melbourne, Dr Belle Workman, The University of Melbourne – accepted Innovative Session proposal to the 2023 Radboud Conference on Earth System Governance (online), October 2023