{"product_id":"kinship-medicine-cultivating-interdependence-to-heal-the-earth-and-ourselves-paperback","title":"Kinship Medicine: Cultivating Interdependence to Heal the Earth and Ourselves - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendy Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Future We Choose\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Zones\u003c\/i\u003e, a book about the effect our relationship to nature has on our well-being and health.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur modern way of living is incompatible with our survival. Most of us intuitively know this truth, but almost everything in our society encourages us to ignore it. Dr. Wendy Johnson confronts this undeniable fact and breaks down how we think and act every day in ways that undermine our individual and collective well-being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe antidotes to many of the causal factors of poor health--loneliness, industrial diets, systemic inequality, fear of death, profit-based healthcare--are \u003ci\u003erelational\u003c\/i\u003e, with each other and with the living earth. Through evidence from public health, sociology, anthropology, human ecology, and her experience as a family physician, Dr. Wendy Johnson will show you how: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe must incorporate an \"ecosystem\" perspective into modern medicine\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat you ingest and where you live can reinforce or upset your body's delicate balance\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEliminating one organism in an ecosystem can affect all the others\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistories of trauma can be passed down for generations\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRekindling our relationships to non-human life is essential to our well-being\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeing closer to death can release some of its power over us\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eActions of communities will be stronger and more lasting than any individual efforts\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou will leave with a clear vision of what a new society might look like, methods to accomplish this transformation, and concrete examples of where it is being done successfully.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Wendy Johnson is a family physician, public health professor, activist, and writer who has spent her life actively working for a world where everyone can live long lives in equitable communities. Her career includes stints scaling up HIV treatment in Mozambique, overseeing an urban public health department, and, most recently, directing a community clinic in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has a Master's in public health from Johns Hopkins and holds faculty appointments at the University of Washington and the University of New Mexico. Dr. Johnson has been a vocal activist on many progressive issues both locally and globally and is a two-time TEDx speaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53335102816621,"sku":"9798889842736","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/viMVPE6ejR9798889842736.webp?v=1778889959","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/kinship-medicine-cultivating-interdependence-to-heal-the-earth-and-ourselves-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}