17/09/2025
I’ve just enjoyed the 2nd day of Future Climate Leadership course with and
Maybe you’re thinking… “What’s this got to do with your physiotherapy business Paula?”
Answer- Absolutely everything!
Our populations health is decline; increase in chronic disease, pain and disability is inextricably linked to health inequality, economic inequality and the climate crisis.
Just one example of how this is so: health services create a huge amount of carbon emissions. Our health services are stretched beyond measure and have become a ‘reactive’ service, treating much ill health that could largely be prevented by improved lifestyles, information and equitable access to good food, resources and services. (This is now well evidenced and not wishful thinking).
I’m inspired and resolute in my mission to raise awareness of this interconnectedness within the healthcare professions, the general public and those in greatest need. This starts with my own community and clientele but also within my other roles ( board)
Knowledge is empowering and there is so much that can be done as individuals, as businesses and communities that is free and will help turn the tide of these mutual crises. There is strength in numbers. We are social and loving beings that thrive in communities that do good for each other with a shared purpose.
Donella Meadows ‘Envisioning a Sustainable World’, International Society for Ecological Economics, 1994
“We need clarity about our goals. We need to know where we are going. We need to have vision. And that vision has to be articulated, it has to be socially shared, and discussed, and formulated.....
We talk easily and endlessly about our frustrations, doubts, and complaints, but we speak only rarely, and sometimes with embarrassment, about our dreams and values......”
