 | Relational primary care 02/09/08 To respond to the new health challenges of the twenty-first century we need to foster relationships over decades to allow the co-creation of good outcomes. A system where relationships of trust are central to the endeavour may be better placed to create health than the sickness service in operation today |
 | Is it time for society to change course? 07/07/08 Society has gained hugely from the legacy of the Enlightenment, but it is difficult to see how the current socio-economic system can overcome the challenges of climate change, peak oil and economic turmoil. Is it time to find a new course for society to take? |
 | The links between sustainability and wellbeing 28/05/08 What's the relationship between individual, social and planetary well-being? We explore what a range of organisations and thinkers have to say on the subject. |
 | Modernity and its consequences for wellbeing 28/05/08 Philosopher Marshall Berman tells us that ‘To be modern is to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, growth, transformation of ourselves and the world — and, at the same time, that threatens to destroy everything we have, everything we know, everything we are’. Sociologist Zygmunt Bauman helps explain why. |
 | Obesity: is sustainability the answer? 28/05/08 ‘Peak oil’ is inevitable. When energy scarcity becomes apparent we should be ready to act as advocates for a system that produces equity and health, opposing those that will champion economic priorities. |
 | Walk don't run 08/09/06 That health promotion woman was saying how important it was to get more exercise. But the road safety man would have a hairy canary if he thought we were cycling! |
 | Obesity: the elephant in the corner 24/12/05 The year is 2055. Socrates is discussing the history of the western obesity epidemic with Panacea, the goddess of healing. |
 | Upsetting the apple cart 26/08/05 Some of our established ways of doing things in and through public sector organisations now offer diminishing returns. We wondered how a new way of working might begin to take shape in a public health department. |
 | Obesity in Scotland: why diets, doctors and denial won't work 22/03/04 We could see an increasing polarisation of Scottish society into a well-off elite, who exercise at expensive health clubs and exhibit fashionable moderation at the dining table, and a less healthy majority who lack the money, opportunity or motivation to engage with the interventions we are offering. |
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