Sustainable Health

Project set up by Simon Mills and others to encourage sustainable family health  

Sustainable -Self Care

UK Medicina Mexikha organisation: (see Eloxochitl's talk )

Cen Jaotl

Gardening and Health 

Person with Multiple Sclerosis finds inspiration in gardening

Healthcare and peak oil 

There is quite a lot online about healthcare and Peak Oil. Below are some interesting reads:

Dr. Paul Roth’s article: Peak Oil and Healthcare Relocalisation

8 ways that modern medicine is oil-dependent

Modern medicine and fossil fuel resources

National and International Organisation Publications

Health Protection Agency

Department of Health

Faculty of Public Health

World Health Organisation

Local NHS resources and information

LINk - Local Involvement Network (part of Devon Community and Voluntary Sector)

Directory of NHS services in the South Hams and West Devon:

Have your say in planning the future of NHS…:

A Primary Care Trust (PCT) is the local NHS organisation responsible for delivering health services

Devon Primary Care Trust home page:

NHS healthcare stories are being gathered by the Directory of patient experience (DIPEX):

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Specialist Library

User friendly, good links page and access to research papers on Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Chiropractic, Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy, Hypnosis, Massage, Meditation, Osteopathy, Reflexology and Yoga, and more...
http://www.library.nhs.uk/cam

These are from the medicine section of the Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan:

HerbMed http://www.herbmed.org/

Henriette’s Herbal Homepage http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/index.html

Alternative Nature Online Herbal http://www.altnature.com/index.html

Homeopathy World – excellent site, has a free homoeopathy course…
http://www.homeopathyworld.com/

Other interesting herb sites listed in the Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan are:

The Herbalist http://www.info-galaxy.com/Herbs/

Growing Herbs in the Home Garden

From the Centre for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Community Development, West Virginia University http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/hortcult/herbs/ne208hrb.htm

Hygeia Foundation Inc http://www.hygeia.org/

Botanical.com http://www.botanical.com/

Herbal Gardens http://www.herbalgardens.com/

Medicinal Herbs Online http://www.egregore.com/

Online Herbal Encyclopedia http://www.naturalark.com/

For those interested in the scientific research into herbs:

The American Botanical Council/HerbalGram http://www.herbalgram.org/

Dr. James Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/

The European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP). (phytotherapy=herbal medicine: phyto is greek for plant) This has useful contacts and links pages, and access to published research. http://www.escop.com