Explore planetary health with .
This new Library Guide aligns with one of the core principles of : “We commit ourselves to working for the health and sustainability of our planet”.
As part of this commitment, find out what planetary health resources are available at VU to support your learning, teaching or research. To access online resources, log in with your MyVU username and password.
Understand planetary health
Read the by Jeannie Rea, Associate Professor and Course Chair, Graduate Certificate in Planetary Health, about the concept of planetary health and the meaning of ‘a place-based approach to planetary health’.
Discover :
- planetary health journal articles, teaching resources and e-books, and planetary health and Indigenous knowledges
- databases and open access resources about planetary health
- learning & teaching collection resources and journal articles focusing on planetary health.
Explore related themes
Explore themes related to the and Victoria University priorities through a range of resources – selection of search links, e-books, journals, journal articles, streaming videos, VU research, open access collections and websites.
Urbanisation
Access – sustainable and liveable cities, effects of urbanisation on poverty, equality and economic development, renewable energy, water supplies and provisions for sanitation and hygiene.
Changing environments
Find – with a focus on challenges and solutions relating to climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity shifts, global pollution, and natural disaster.
Health & wellbeing
View within the context of planetary health – human health, communicable diseases, public health, non-communicable diseases, and COVID-19.
Changing land & food production
Access – planetary diet, muscular health and diet, nutrition and agricultural sustainability.
Changing populations
Find and the impact of climate change – civil strife, economic deprivation, displacement through war, famine and persecution caused by scarcity of resources.
