the interconnectedness of human health and the health of the planet

[GoodTaste]

In the current Anthropocene epoch, characterized by intensified, human-induced environmental crises, the interconnectedness of human health and the health of the planet has become more evident with the resulting responsibility to promote healthy living conditions.

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Special Editorial
Evidence-based traditional medicine for transforming global health and well-being

I understand "the interconnectedness of human health and the health of the planet" as "the interconnectedness between human health and the health of the planet". Am I on the right track?
Why this problem of understanding? Because the traditional medicine usually sees "the mind, body and spirit" as a whole as opposed to the so-called western medicine which breaks down a phenomenon into its constituent parts, I suspect the interconnectedness could mean the connection between the mind, body and spirit.

 

[Tarheel]

It's about the connection between the health of human beings and the health of the planet (whatever that means).

You might be in over your head.

 

[teechar]

the health of the planet (whatever that means).

I suppose it's talking about the health of the world's environment.

 

[teechar]

I suspect the interconnectedness could mean the connection between the mind, body and spirit.

I doubt it.

 

[emsr2d2]

I think it simply means there is a direct link between the health of the planet and the health of the people who live on it.

 

[Tarheel]

I suppose it's talking about the health of the world's environment.

The writer was probably being sarcastic.

 

[GoodTaste]

It's about the connection between the health of human beings and the health of the planet (whatever that means).

You might be in over your head.

I think it simply means there is a direct link between the health of the planet and the health of the people who live on it.

OK. The question now is: which is better there: of or between?

 

[Tarheel]

@GoodTaste There's a connection BETWEEN one thing and another thing.

(I'm not sure that's what you're talking about.)

 

[emsr2d2]

I'd use "connection between" and "interconnectedness of".

 

[GoodTaste]

@GoodTaste There's a connection BETWEEN one thing and another thing.

Your example is the classical usage of the word "between", yet the authors in the OP used something like "There's a connection OF one thing and another thing":

the interconnectedness of human health and the health of the planet

If it were "the interconnectedness between human health and the health of the planet", there would be no this thread to be born. I suspectted that the use of "of" rather than "between" is a poor grammar or wrong.

 

[emsr2d2]

The original text says "the interconnectedness of ...". That's grammatically correct.

 

[Tarheel]

@GoodTaste
Say: "Because traditional medicine ...
."

Read posts nine (9) and eleven (11).

 

[GoodTaste]

Read posts nine (9) and eleven (11).

I was typing in the reply to you when emsr2d2 posted the answer.

 

[Tarheel]

@GoodTaste Note that "grammar" is not a count noun. (Grammar books are sometimes called "grammars," and in that case it is a count noun.)