Healthy Communities are a Shared Responsibility

"A Healthy Community is one the encapsulates both the health of people and place where people can be physically healthy and live in a neighbourhood that is thriving socially environmentally and economically." Archibull.

Everyone has the right to healthy, affordable food as well as clean air and water, shelter, peace, education,income, a stable ecosystem, sustainable resources and socialjustice and equity.  These are all prerequistes for health as mentioned in The Ottawa Charter.
This can be influenced by people and communities.


Farmers have a huge role to play in healthy communities as they are the backbone of our food chain. They need to provide good quality fruit and vegetables at reasonable prices so that everyone can afford to buy them.


Therefore the practices of farmers can have a huge impact on all communities. Our governments need to support them and provide for them in times of need. Scientist are also a part of the web trying to come up with plants that can withstand environmental conditions as well as being of high quality.


Having a healthy community means we need to consider the land that we live on and use, the people living on it, the animals and birds, the air that we breathe and the water that we use. We need to understand all these components and ensure that at all times we are managing any risks that may arise. Risks that could affect our food systems could be pests and diseases, land and water degradation and Climate Change.


This is not something that farmers can do on their own, this is something that we all need to work
together on "as many hands make light work." The more people that we can educate about working together, this is one step closer to achieving this goal.


We as young learners can play an important role, the following  are some of the things that we have discussed as a class that we could do

• reducing landfill by reducing reusing and recycling
• not using plastic bags
• not wasting water, shorter shoers, turning the tap off, using bath water to water plants
• eating a healthy diet lots of fruit and vegetables
• exercise healthy, healthy mind
• Learning, having an open mind to new things
• switching lights off when not being used
• Discussing at home about our farmers and buying fresh produce.

    Therefore we believe that Healthy Communities are a shared responsibilty, like a team where
    everyone has there part to play.