On March 2 and 3, 2025 in Washington DC, hundreds of health professionals and other interested in health gathered at Our Planet, Our Health 2025 Climate Action Convention.
It was a fascinating, rejuvenating, inspirational, educational and fun event. While there I had the chance to record brief conversations with a number of attendees. Starting with board members of the Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, we followed with other voices from across the nation and disciplines. Learn more about the event here, of which ANHE was a co-sponsor!
About the Nurses for Healthy Environments Podcast
2025 marks the 8th season of the Nurses for Healthy Environments Podcast. Since 2017, Beth and other hosts have interviewed dozens nurses across the globe, all of whom are working at the intersection of health and environment. The goals of the podcast are to highlight and share the amazing and leading work nurses around the world are doing to help protect our natural world in order to support health and healing, and to spread the word about the fabulous work of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. We’re glad you found us!
Again and again, nurses are spearheading social change, climate action, environmental justice, and improving health for vulnerable populations, while using their valuable clinical skills, teaching, and caring. Nurses’ work can seem overlooked or taken for granted, and we are here to tell their important stories. We hope you enjoy meeting the nurses in the Nurses for Healthy Environments podcast!
Beth Schenk, Nurses for Healthy Environments Podcast Host
Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a leader of environmental stewardship in healthcare, where she has been working to reduce
pollution from healthcare for 3 decades. Schenk is a former board member of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and serves on the boards of Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate and Climate Smart Missoula.
