Dear friends and colleagues from the EHFF Community. This year has been one of Zoom and Microsoft Teams burn-out for sure. Very sad we’ve not had the chance to meet face to face. Nevertheless, despite the constraints, it seems a lot has been accomplished. As you can see from the features page on the website (or our YouTube…
Symbiosis and system change: potential lessons from mycology Bill O’Dea, a specialist in mycology, talks with Seán Ó Conlaín and Caroline Whyte about the immense contribution that fungi make to the biosphere, their nutritional value, the threats they are facing, the complex symbiotic relationship which they have with each other and with other species, and…
Now the days are noticeably shorter, we emerge from a rather strange summer to a busy Autumn schedule, still dominated by concerns about the latter phases of the pandemic as well as the UN declaration that the global climate situation is ‘code red’. Most of our meetings continue to be on-line. In this edition we…
Brief report on proceedings: The event drew an online audience of over 120. The event started with gentle guitar music of Paddy Flamenco (Paddy Anderson). Davie Philip ( a member of Hub steering group) introduced proceedings with a poem from fellow Cloughjordan resident, poet Mel White (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMS6VDB5Yys ). Mel’s inspiring poem was followed by…
In this podcast we look at potential ways to get beyond the time-consuming, and sometimes quite heated, arguments between those who believe that aggregate ‘green growth’ is possible and those who believe that environmental constraints will oblige us to adopt a different economic goal. Beth Stratford, an economics researcher who is a fellow at the…
This podcast continues with the theme of transformation catalysts which we also explored in last month’s Seán Ó Conlaín interviews Steve Waddell, who is the lead steward of the global Bounce Beyond movement which accelerates initiatives working to make regenerative, life-centered economies realizable at scale as “next economies” communities. Steve has a Ph.D. in sociology…
From the editor: Dear readers! The summer has begun, somewhat reluctantly in parts of Europe, and the pandemic continues to dominate public discussions. We’ve been sending you a number of Newsflashes since the beginning of the year, but no Newsletter. Not because we haven’t been busy, rather the opposite! Prior to the summer break (if…
The first lesson is already stated above: if you possibly can, get vaccinated. Time will tell whether people will need top-ups, or whether more vulnerable groups will need annual boosters. Secondly, effective PPE for care workers and healthcare professionals will also protect them and those they care for from more serious consequences. It rests on…
After the completion of our second series, partnered with Nordic Health 2030 and produced for the Humanity Rising series run by Ubiquity University, we have links to all 10 webinars on our Features page https://ehff.eu/2021-humanity-rising-webinars-with-nordic-health-2030-flyers-and-links/ Ubiquity University has agreed with us a final series of five more webinars which Lars Munter and David Somekh plan to…
Welcoming colleagues who have recently joined the EHFF Community Ruediger Pryss is a German digital health researcher, previously developing tools to monitor tinnitus after a wealth of experience elsewhere and now expanding his team’s scope following engagement in the recently completed European Commission Joint Action on Chronic Disease, CHRODIS plus. Danni Brown is an expert…