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Meet Kutemwa Ogbu: Leading Climate and Health Conversations in South Texas
In the small farming community in southeast Montana, Big Sandy, healthcare professionals, farmers, and community members gathered on July 12th, 2025, for the first day of a two-day summit…
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Intersections of Farming, Climate, and Health: Health Care Professionals Learn How to Promote “Food as Medicine”
In the small farming community in southeast Montana, Big Sandy, healthcare professionals, farmers, and community members gathered on July 12th, 2025, for the first day of a two-day summit…
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Butte Air Quality Flags
Everything from the flu to lung cancers can be linked to poor air quality. The latest State of the Air Report from the American Lung Association shows Montana’s air quality getting worse…
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Anticipated Impacts of the Climate Crisis on Women’s Health: A Call to Action
Our fundamental mission as healthcare providers is to protect the health of our patients. While heroic worldwide efforts are underway to combat COVID-19, the greatest emerging threat to women’s health, indeed to the health of all people, is the global climate crisis (what we previously referred to, rather innocuously, as climate change). The climate crisis remains…
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Greener Parks are a Quality of Life Benefit
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has revealed how important local outdoor spaces are for comfort, activity and solitude. Many people are finding a new appreciation for their parks. It has never been more clear that neighborhood parks and green spaces provide essential services to their communities to help them overcome challenges, like providing opportunities…
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Introducing ecoAmerica’s Webcast Series: LET’S TALK CLIMATE
The must-attend, go-to webcast discussion for the most current and best thinking on climate change ecoAmerica is introducing Let’s Talk Climate to provide guidance and support to climate activists as they seek to expand public support and political resolve for equitable and effective climate solutions. Let’s Talk Climate features seven topics: nature/science, health, communities, faith, politics, people,…
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
The last few months have posed a unique challenge for all of us: stay away from each other in order to stay healthy. Physical distancing is the best method we have to combat the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. For many of us, when we’re feeling sick, the most comforting thing can be a loved one holding…
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New Resources from the American Public Health Association’s Center for Climate, Health and Equity
COVID-19 and the practice of physical distancing have recently challenged families and educators in unprecedented ways. Many caregivers and young people are feeling restless and disconnected, given the additional time indoors and at home. With thoughtful engagement, however, this additional time together can provide a unique opportunity for learning and creativity. The American Public Health…
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Clinicians for Planetary Health: Community in the Time of COVID-19
Today we want to celebrate the amazing work being done by each and every one of you— whether you are on the frontlines of treating patients, educating your community, taking care of your family, or ramping up self-care. We want you to hear that the world is cheering for you during these difficult and uncertain times— take a…
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Climate Leadership Amidst COVID-19
We’re all trying to orient ourselves to a new world. We are amidst a fast-moving pandemic and economic contraction, and immediately concerned about our families and communities, and our future. As our perspectives are narrowed by the urgency of COVID-19, our other big challenges, especially climate change, have not gone away. We must support our…
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Changing Climate Concerns with Food Safety: Shellfish in Virginia
As the changing climate continues to challenge our planet, a most noticeable impact has affected our coastal waters. Ocean water temperatures are becoming warmer. Accordingly, aquatic life is threatened. We are seeing the negative impacts firsthand in the commonwealth of Virginia, where the greatest volume of oysters on the east coast is harvested and sent…
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Now Available: “Mobilizing Action for Climate, Health, and Equity”
Climate for Health was thrilled to host the webinar, Mobilizing Action for Climate, Health, and Equity, as part of National Public Health Week 2020. We heard from health leaders from around the country working at the forefront of climate solutions. They are all bringing to life the 10 points in the U.S. Call to Action…
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Earth Day is Everybody’s Movement: Announcing When the Earth Moves Video Premiere
When the Earth Moves reclaims the authentic story and original vision of Earth Day as a bipartisan and socially just environmental movement and highlights the need for people across generations and on both sides of the political aisle to play an active part. It also calls attention to the urgent need for Americans to unite…
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Leading a Call to Action: How Oregon Public Health Association brought partners together to declare climate change a public health emergency in Oregon
“More than 500 Oregon Health Leaders Declare Climate Change A Public Health Emergency” – this was the headline of a story playing on the local public radio as Oregon’s legislative session got under way earlier this year. In the upcoming webinar, you’ll hear how the Oregon Public Health Association (OPHA) led a ‘Call to Action’…
