Pillar 1: Language
Build shared language for active living that moves beyond narrow physical activity terminology and connects movement with place, culture, equity, sustainability, and planetary health.
Active living for planetary health
New Active Living Initiative Project
A global research platform advancing active living as a pathway to planetary health, sustainability, equity, and human and planetary flourishing through the 2030 Seoul Declaration.
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What the initiative advances
Research Initiative
Positioning active living as a foundation for flourishing
The Active Living Initiative Project is an internationally collaborative research initiative designed to consolidate evidence, align methods, and accelerate policy translation across regions. Its central milestone is the 2030 Seoul Declaration on Active Living: a field-defining statement linking everyday movement with planetary health, sustainability, equity, and flourishing.
The initiative treats active living as a systems challenge and a systems solution. Walking, cycling, public transport access, inclusive public space, and movement-friendly daily routines are studied alongside climate resilience, low-carbon mobility, social justice, culture, governance, and ecological well-being.
2030
Seoul Declaration year
3
research pillars
5 yr
toward 2030 action
Pillars
Three pillars connecting movement, equity, and planetary health
Pillar 2: Measurement
Advance measurement approaches that capture everyday movement, environments, mobility systems, environmental exposure, access, justice, and well-being across diverse contexts.
Pillar 3: Transformation
Translate evidence into systems change for healthier, more sustainable, and more equitable communities, culminating in the 2030 Seoul Declaration on Active Living.
2030 Roadmap
From global evidence to active-living commitments
Language
From physical activity to active living for planetary health
Goal: Establish a shared conceptual vocabulary that explains active living as everyday movement shaped by culture, place, mobility, equity, sustainability, and ecological conditions.
Measurement
Beyond one-size-fits-all PA guidelines
Goal: Develop context-sensitive measures that capture movement opportunities, built environments, access, safety, climate exposure, inclusion, and well-being across regions.
Transformation
Turning evidence into equitable systems change
Goal: Translate the evidence base into policy, planning, education, and research commitments that support human and planetary flourishing through the 2030 Seoul Declaration.
Flagship Papers
A publication series building the evidence base for 2030
The initiative will produce a coordinated set of flagship papers aligned with the three pillars of language, measurement, and transformation, concluding with the 2030 Seoul Declaration.
Language for Active Living
Defines active living for a planetary-health era and clarifies how movement, place, culture, sustainability, equity, and flourishing belong in one shared vocabulary.
Measurement Beyond One-Size-Fits-All PA Guidelines
Shows why physical activity guidance must move beyond universal prescriptions by accounting for culture, climate, place, ability, age, safety, time, and unequal access to everyday movement.
Transformation for Human and Planetary Flourishing
Translates the evidence into pathways for low-carbon mobility, inclusive public space, healthier cities, governance change, and equitable active living systems.
The 2030 Seoul Declaration on Active Living
Consolidates the series into principles, commitments, and a post-2030 research agenda for human and planetary flourishing.
Planetary Impact
A declaration for human and planetary flourishing
Active LivingEveryday movement recognized as core infrastructure for healthier people, communities, and places.
Planetary HealthResearch connecting movement-friendly environments with climate resilience, cleaner air, and ecological well-being.
SustainabilityEvidence translated into commitments for low-carbon mobility, compact land use, and green public space.
EquityGlobal action focused on fair access to safe, inclusive, affordable, and culturally meaningful active living.
International Network
A collaborative structure for global active-living scholarship
Research Institutions
Lead active-living evidence reviews, methods development, and publication strategy.
Policy Partners
Connect findings to governance, urban planning, climate action, health systems, and implementation channels.
Global Scholars
Contribute regional expertise on movement, place, sustainability, equity, and planetary health.
Seoul Convening Team
Coordinate the declaration process, consultations, milestones, and 2030 launch.
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