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20 Apr 2018 |
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Healthy Planet, Healthy People | Courtney Howard | TEDxMontrealWomen
For too long we’ve put health and the environment in different boxes. The work of our generation is to bridge the two, to understand that in fact, they belong in the same box- that planetary health defines human health- ans that as we improve one, we will improve the other as well.Courtney Howard is a […]
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Climate Change is Affecting Our Health. Is There a Cure? | Jonathan Patz | TEDxOshkosh
Public Health is being impacted by climate change via many pathways – from alterations in infectious disease transmission to water-source compromise, malnutrition, air pollution, and other factors. This talk includes recent analyses that show how mitigating global warming provides extensive health opportunities, as well as ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Harlem Heat Project
More people die in the U.S. each year from heat-related illnesses than from hurricanes or other natural disasters combined. The Harlem Heat Project explores the public health risks of urban heat, using a combination or crowd-sourcing, data reporting and narrative journalists. The project is produced by WNYC, AdaptNY and ISeeChange, ...
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Louisana Disappearing: Living on the Brink of Climate Change
Every hour, Louisiana loses a football field worth of land to the Gulf of Mexico, thanks to rising sea levels and canals dredged by oil and gas companies. At this rate, most of southeastern Louisiana not protected by levees will be underwater in just 50 years.