The University of Sydney is making a substantial investment in tackling the big issues through the establishment of its Institute for Sustainable Solutions (USISS).

Sustainability and health is the newest addition to The Health and Sustainability Unit’s work streams but the ‘ecological’ view of health and all its combinations and cross influences has been an emerging and passionate interest for the past few years. Fuelled initially by our work and co-thinking with the Oxford Health Alliance about the Sydney Resolution and the inextricable links between the causes, consequences and possible solutions to chronic diseases and climate change, this interest has been further fanned by the launch of USISS in 2008 and the appointment of Associate Professor Ruth Colagiuri to lead the USISS Health Theme.

The USISS Health theme is one of four distinct but closely interrelated areas and centres on:

“protecting physical mental and social health in a time of change”

The University of Sydney Institute for Sustainable Solutions

• About USISS

USISS Health Theme

• Building critical mass for health and sustainability
• International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress 2010
• Climate and Health Council pledge
• Industry engagement
• Submissions