Climate change, human health, and the future of naturopathy and herbal medicine

Susan Arentz

doi:10.33235/ajhnm.38.1.8-9

Climate change, human health, and the future of naturopathy and herbal medicine

Susan Arentz

NICM Health Research Institute

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Human societies have always adapted to environmental change, but adaptation depends on how challenges are framed. Climate change is now often presented in apocalyptic terms, a crisis so vast and irreversible that meaningful response feels futile. While intended to provoke urgency, this doomsday narrative often has the opposite effect. Fatalism paralyses action, narrowing professional judgement and undermining agency at precisely the moment it is most needed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-9
Number of pages	2
Journal	Australian Journal of Herbal and Naturopathic Medicine
Volume	38
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.33235/ajhnm.38.1.8-9
Publication status	Published - Mar 2026

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