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    • Planetary health and environmental justice are increasingly recognized as central to nursing practice and to health equity. However, dominant approaches often overlook the structural and relational dimensions of environmental harm, particularly in Indigenous communities, where land, health, and sovereignty are deeply interconnected. This presentation reimagines research as a space for relationality, justice, and healing by integrating Indigenous feminist frameworks and Two-Eyed Seeing. Drawing on community-engaged research with Indigenous survivors of gender-based violence, the session examines how environmental degradation, extractive industries, and colonial power systems contribute to ecological harm and interpersonal violence. Learners introduced to Indigenous approaches to knowledge generation, including storytelling as a methodology and relational accountability as a guiding ethic. Through applied examples, including land-based healing initiatives and Indigenous-led research partnerships, this session demonstrates how research can serve as a tool for environmental justice, structural transformation, and collective healing. The presentation concludes with practical strategies for nurses to integrate planetary health principles, support Indigenous leadership, and advance environmental justice across research, practice, and health systems.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Describe how environmental degradation and colonial systems of power contribute to health inequities and violence in Indigenous communities.
      2. Explain how Indigenous feminist frameworks and Two-Eyed Seeing inform relational and justice-oriented approaches to planetary health research.
      3. Identify at least two strategies for integrating environmental justice and relational approaches into nursing research, practice, or health systems.

    • Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17198, for 1 contact hour.

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  • Evaluation

    In order to receive 1 Nursing Continuing Education (CE) credit, you must complete the course evaluation and receive at least an 80% on the course post-test.

  • Post-Test

    In order to receive 1 Nursing Continuing Education (CE) credit, you must complete the course evaluation and receive at least an 80% on the course post-test.

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  • Next Steps

      1. Register for upcoming webinars with the ANHE Research Forum,
      2. View our other courses on Climate Change,
      3. Read ANHE's recently released Climate Justice Agenda for Nursing, 
      4. Join an ANHE Forum or Committee, 
      5. Sign up to receive information about ANHE events and opportunities, 
      6. Donate to support nurses leading the way in protecting communities, 
      7. See ANHE's library of information and resources on environmental health, 
      8. Use your Nursing Voice to advocate for healthy communities by contacting us here.