Cormac Russell's keynote speech at the Public Health Residential School at Dartington Hall this September (15th Annual gathering) 2011. Here Cormac articulates a vision for health that is asset based and not grounded in sickness or defecit. He argues that health is not a product to be consumed by a condition that results from strong association and connection to our assets and that of our family and neighbours. The asset based approach to health has grown in popularity over the last 10 years and is gathering momentum in the UK. www.nurturedevelopment.ie