Good Health and Well-Being

Provided technical advice and support to Habitat for Humanity Fiji’s rural water, sanitation and hygiene program (WASH), in 20 communities. The program is improving access to, and management of water and sanitation services in villages and in schools. Our IWC-GU project reviewed the program delivery design, assisted withteh redesign of… Read More

The short course aimed to contribute to improved nutrition indicators and food security policy in Sri Lanka and opened the door to further collaboration and capacity development between Sri Lankan practitioners and their Australian counterparts. This short course provided a point of reference in considering the future of health and… Read More

The Water and WASH Futures Conference 2023 is part of the Water and WASH Futures knowledge forums – a series of knowledge sharing and learning activities for practitioners and professionals in the international water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and water resource management (WRM) sectors. We also encourage and welcome… Read More

The City of Ipswich has partnered with Griffith University and the University of the Sunshine Coast to conduct a three-year analysis about the identification of Urban Heat Island (UHI), the residents’ perceptions about urban heat and how changes in urban design might mitigate these effects. Methodologically, three sites… Read More

Responding to Cognitive Concerns “ReCog” interventions are a suite of 4-session cognitive rehabilitation programs that were designed at Griffith University to assist people who experience problems with thinking and memory when they have had cancer. The interventions have been tested in 5 published clinical trials up to 2023, with further… Read More

The Climate Change Adaptation programs are designed to give professionals from any background a sound interdisciplinary knowledge of climate change, the ability to analyse its impacts, and the creative skills needed to build resilience across society and the environment. This includes the ability to develop and deploy adaptation strategies to… Read More

Though a sunburnt country is part of her charm, Australia’s temperature has been steadily rising. Since 1910, average temperatures across the nation have increased by 1.44 oC and are expected to continue rising annually. As per the Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate… Read More

iDEA is Doctors for the Environment Australia’s annual conference, which brings together hundreds of medical professionals and students across Australia who share an interest in planetary health, the impact of climate change on health, and sustainable healthcare.

This online short course engaged participants from South Asia, North Africa and the Pacific. The program explored climate change mitigation and adaptation, with a specific focus on best practices in water resources management (WRM) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) for achieving water security outcomes. The course included twelve modules… Read More

The aim of this project is to direct food choices to more plant-rich dishes on Griffith University Campuses, thereby reducing the environmental footprint of food outlets. The goals are two-fold: making climate-friendlier dishes more visible/available and shifting behaviours so that more customers pick those options. The program uses pre-and-post consumer… Read More