This Sustainable Farm Is Rethinking Holistic Care | Sustainable Footprints

Modelled on northern European care homes, Saint Mary’s Health Farm is a unique blueprint of sustainable practices and holistic care in Taitung, Taiwan. Incorporating universal design principles, the farm combines a range of therapeutic techniques and social spaces designed to provide community and care for anyone who visits. This interview with the farm’s director explores the intersections of community, holistic and environmental care. Saint Mary’s Health Farm Director Albert Wang sits down with host Pai Pei-hua to discuss his therapy farm in Taitung. Designed to help people recover from traumatic events and learn to cope with life's stresses, the farm provides vital community healthcare. They discuss the farm’s design, which emphasizes active recovery through connecting with the land. Care combines physical and mental therapies that simultaneously promote environmental care. This means that the activities and practices the farm promotes naturally support net zero and sustainability goals, such as providing a zero-carbon mobile meal service to local citizens in need. Discover more about the unique ways Taiwan is addressing social care issues alongside caring for the environment in this episode of “Sustainable Footprints.” Chapters: 00:00 Sustainable Footprints: Albert Wang, Director, St. Mary’s Health Farm 01:14 What Is the Relationship Between Caring For People and Sustainability? 04:15 What Inspired This Holistic Care Project? 06:58 What Is Universal Design in the Context of the Health Farm? 10:11 Holistic Care in Finland: Integrated Nursing Home With Childcare 11:58 How St. Mary’s Health Farm Helps Build Resilience 16:01 How Does the Farm Help With PTSD? 17:55 How Does This Work Support Climate Action? 20:39 What Plans Are There to Move Towards Net Zero? 23:54 Healing Is About People, Land and Community 25:31 End Credits #Sustainability #NetZero #UniversalDesign #HolisticTherapies #HolisticCare #AgingPopulation #CommunityCare ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 🔔 Turn on notifications to stay updated! Newsletter: https://bit.ly/40xmFd8 Website: https://www.taiwanplus.com/ 📱 Download our app: Android: https://bit.ly/3xg4mcz iOS: https://apple.co/3YKkgYh 🇹🇼 Curious about Taiwan’s culture? Planning a visit? Facebook: https://tw.plus/facebook Instagram: https://tw.plus/instagram 🌏 Want to stay up to date on the latest news from Taiwan and beyond? YouTube:    / @taiwanplusnews   Facebook: https://bit.ly/3IgSInZ Twitter: https://tw.plus/twitter