Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Introduction 1
7. A Note on the Meaning of “Health” 15
8. Part 1: The Ecological Foundations of Health
9. 1 Health in Deep Time 21
10. 2 Health across Nested Social-Ecological Scales 31
11. 3 Problems of Scale in Human and Planetary Health 51
12. 4 Soil Health 72
13. 5 Gardening for Health 81
14. 6 Care Farming 99
15. Part 2: A Political Economy for Health
16. 7 Political-Economic Transformation for Health 117
17. 8 Relocalization for Human and Planetary Health 143
18. 9 Community Organizing for Health and Well-Being in a Global Pandemic 167
19. 10 Health and Care in Two Ecovillages 177
20. 11 Community Nursing 187
21. 12 Community Care for Severe Mental Illnesses in Geel, Belgium 194
22. Part 3: Social-Ecological Systems Change for Health
23. 13 How Social-Ecological Systems Change Happens 203
24. 14 Promising Systems Change Strategies for Cultivating Human and Planetary Health 217
25. 15 The Midnight Kitchen 247
26. 16 Complexity Medicine Group 259
27. 17 Herbalism in a Post-Growth Transition 270
28. Conclusion: Cultivating Human and Planetary Health for a Sustainable Future 279
29. Appendix: Justification for Inclusion Criteria 295
30. References 299
31. Index 325