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Cuts to climate protections would put 200,000+ liv Cuts to climate protections would put 200,000+ lives at risk and millions of jobs being created by clean energy investments. The lame-duck Congress must #StandStrongforClimate and reject cuts to clean energy investments, climate protections, and climate agencies.
A core value of ANHE is community and support of o A core value of ANHE is community and support of one another. Post-election, we are working on ways for ANHE nurses to come together in support of each other. That's why we've decided to host a Nurse Led Healing Circle on Monday, November 18 at 3PM EST/12 PM PST. Register today by using the link in our bio or heading to https://zurl.co/naDQ Healing circles are safe havens and they help us step out of ordinary time into a safe and accepting environment in which we can explore our healing. Humans have gathered in circles and told stories around campfires since the beginning of fire. Today in circles, humans tell their stories and share their response patterns. In holding a safe container—a circle—nurses have the opportunity to provide an environment that allows individuals to share their stories while also examining their response patterns, and to bend the arc of their lives toward health and happiness while resting in the supportive community of others. In this process, nurse leaders of healing circles are rediscovering and reclaiming the joy that brought them into nursing, the joy that we experience when we are truly practicing nursing. Our nurse leader for this Healing Circle will be Healing Circle host and trainer Catherine Dodd PhD, RN, FAAN. We hope that you can join us!
The climate crisis is here and now and it’s alre The climate crisis is here and now and it’s already costing us lives, health, and dollars. The outcome of the election means all the protections we’ve fought so hard for the last few years in tackling the climate crisis – protections that save thousands of lives saved through new pollution standards, create hundreds of thousands of jobs and invest billions of dollars in clean energy – are on the line. With lots to do before the end of the year and multiple major “must-pass” bills in Congress, the next two months will be a challenge for climate progress. We’re calling on Congress to stand strong for climate and reject any attempt to use these bills to erode climate progress. Calling your member of Congress is one the most powerful things you can do to affect how they vote on climate. Submit this form today to receive a call script and be connected with your senator's office (or use the link in bio 🔗🔗) https://zurl.co/ykDD
Be sure to join us NEXT TUESDAY at 3PM ET for our Be sure to join us NEXT TUESDAY at 3PM ET for our FREE webinar, "Reducing Plastic Use in the Health Sector and Beyond," presented by the ANHE Practice Forum. REGISTER TODAY: https://zurl.co/ik34 or use the link in our bio 🔗🔗🔗 As much as 50% of all plastic products produced (380 million tonnes annually) are only used once. Only 9% of plastics are recycled globally. This timely webinar will focus on how nurses can engage at a health systems, community, and advocacy level to help reduce plastic pollution in the health sector and beyond. Speakers Oriana Turley and Kate Donovan will discuss the opportunities available for nurses from various practice settings to support initiatives and activities aimed at reducing plastic pollution.
The environmental group Route Zero is outlining th The environmental group Route Zero is outlining their hopes of having more zero-emission vehicles on the road. Local experts and activists spoke at an event Tuesday praising the EPA’s finalization of its clean vehicle standards and encouraging Michiganders to adopt zero emission vehicles. Cardiac ICU Nurse at Michigan Medicine, Founder of Climate Justice Nurse, and ANHE member, Mary-Jacqueline K. Muli, says she has been seeing the growing number of climate-related health conditions in youth, emphasizing the need for broader industry involvement. Read the full story today https://zurl.co/fTL9 or head to the link in our bio!
A special word from Katie Huffling, Executive Dire A special word from Katie Huffling, Executive Director of ANHE: In the wake of Tuesday's election results, I wanted to reach out to our many ANHE friends. I know that many of us are grieving and I hope you are making space to support your physical and mental health. A core value of ANHE is community and support of one another. Please join us in holding one another close and we are working on ways for ANHE nurses to come together in support of each other. In the coming years the work of ANHE is going to be more important than ever. There are many times in the history of our country where amazing change has come from some really dark times. I truly believe that with nurses working together we can still make positive change and lay the groundwork for major transformations even in the light of these shifts in our country. Let us continue to come together in support of a healthy climate, environmental justice, clean water, and a world where every child is able to thrive. ANHE will be organizing a healing circle in the near future. Thank you so much for all you do in support of healthier environments. In solidarity, Katie
On September 17, 2024, a Congressional briefing hi On September 17, 2024, a Congressional briefing highlighting the severe health risks associated with paraquat, one of the most dangerous herbicides used in commercial agriculture was hosted. The event was organized by prominent advocacy groups such as the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, and the Environmental Working Group, with support from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. It shed light on the herbicide’s undeniable link to Parkinson’s disease and various cancers, especially among agricultural workers and communities living near farms. The discussion made it clear that immediate regulatory action is needed to protect public health. Read the full story today and learn how you can take action https://zurl.co/52eE (or head to the link 🔗 in our bio!).
Roughly 80% of healthcare’s oversized carbon foo Roughly 80% of healthcare’s oversized carbon footprint derives from the production, transportation, use, and disposal of a single-use medical supply chain. Yet as health care organizations try to practice ‘resource stewardship’ – that is, to move away from single-use disposable items toward sustainable use of durable items – they encounter widespread perceptions that disposability is a necessary virtue in modern health care. Caregivers, patients, and health-system managers fear that any move from disposability to sustainability must lead to trade-offs in safety (from infectious threats), efficacy (in pharmaceutical delivery) or efficiency (in cost-effectiveness). This Levi Symposium will question these perceived trade-offs, disentangling legitimate evidential and moral reasoning from the inertia of convenience. Convening scholars and practitioners in bioethics, clinical practice, environmental justice, practice innovation, and health policy, we aim to host a multi-disciplinary exploration of how we can elucidate policy pathways that harmonize clinical safety, efficacy, and efficiency with sustainability Register today here https://zurl.co/r4kH or head to the link in our bio
This expert panel addresses how extreme heat impac This expert panel addresses how extreme heat impacts health and our healthcare system, explores the burden on the communities most at risk, and discusses the recently released OSHA heat standards. Advocacy opportunities and resources for health organizations and individual health professionals to engage in this work are included. Click here for webinar replay - https://zurl.co/xKwu or use the link in our bio! Speakers: Moderator: Nicole Duritz – Director of Programs, Outreach and Strategy, The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health William “Brett” Perkison, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor, The University of Texas School of Public Health Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN – Professor and Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Environmental Health and the Environment Juanita Constible – Senior Advocate, Environmental Health, Natural Resources Defense Council Please consider signing on to these 2 related ANHE Action Alerts! OSHA Heat Rule - Aimed at grasstop signers: https://zurl.co/5PSx Tell the Biden Administration to Take Action Addressing Extreme Heat - Aimed at grasstop signers: https://zurl.co/Dvy1
Last month, AHNE launched a new online learning si Last month, AHNE launched a new online learning site which contains a range of short courses, workshops, and webinar series designed to improve your knowledge around a variety of environmental health topics. Our mission is to promote healthy people and healthy environments by educating and leading the nursing profession, advancing research, incorporating evidence-based practice, and influencing policy. Visit the site and explore our courses today by heading to https://zurl.co/qomM or using the link 🔗 in our bio Our course topics cover a wide range of environmental health issues. Learn about how climate change impacts the health of humans, the newest research around toxic chemicals in our environment, the fossil fuel industry, or how to engage in policy action towards a more just and equitable economy. Whatever your environmental health interests are, we've got a course to meet your nursing needs!
Everyone knows gas is for ghouls! This #Halloween Everyone knows gas is for ghouls! This #Halloween let’s #DriveElectric instead of filling up with fossil fuels. #RouteZero
🎃 @VolvoTrucksNA and @DaimlerTruck’s transfor 🎃 @VolvoTrucksNA and @DaimlerTruck’s transformation from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde is complete when they lobby against clean truck standards. They can’t be climate heroes while sabotaging the transition. Time to choose a side! #StopDieselDeath #CleanerTrucks #ElectricTrucks
🌎 Sign up for the ANHE newsletter to get update 🌎 Sign up for the ANHE newsletter to get updates on vital public health initiatives, climate action, and ways you can make an impact. Together, let’s support the frontline heroes who champion environmental health! Head to the link 🔗 in our bio to get signed up today.
REPOST @phawakened : Stop Cop Cities, Invest in P REPOST @phawakened : Stop Cop Cities, Invest in Public Health Solutions Their latest research uncovers the severe public health threats posed by the proliferation of militarized police training facilities, or “Cop Cities,” across the US. The report, Stop Cop Cities; Invest in Public Health Solutions, draws on a comprehensive review of public health literature, input from community organizers and public health professionals, and data from ongoing resistance efforts against Atlanta’s Cop City to reveal how these facilities exacerbate racial, environmental, and social injustices, undermining community health. It also offers actionable public health strategies to counter harms and truly support community health and safety. Read the full report today. https://humanimpact.org/hipprojects/stopcopcities/
Environmental Health Project (EHP @Environmental H Environmental Health Project (EHP @Environmental Health Project) has recently launched a continuing education credit Health Professional Toolkit. The goal of the toolkit is to provide health professionals with up-to-date information and research on the impact of shale gas development on patients' and clients’ health. In using the toolkit, health professionals will be able to understand the existing research that links shale gas development to health impacts, recognize the potential impacts that shale gas development is having on patients’ and clients’ physical or mental health, and provide resources and recommendations for impacted patients and clients. ' You can learn more and begin the course by heading to https://zurl.co/U4Vo or by using the link 🔗 in our bio. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Environmental Health Project. The Pennsylvania Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Health professionals who are not physicians are eligible to receive a participation certificate upon completion of the toolkit.
Climate change is scary. But #Project2025 would sl Climate change is scary. But #Project2025 would slash protections from extreme weather and climate pollution – protections that will save thousands of lives and billions of dollars a year! We should all #BeAfraidofProject2025... Congress must stop it!
This week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention We This week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week October 20-26. Lead is toxic, especially to young children. Exposure to lead can cause delayed growth and development, lower IQ and learning issues, result in damage to the brain and nervous system, and result in hearing, speech, and behavior problems. These effects may not always be immediately visible and may manifest later in life. Prevention is key and can be achieved with proper awareness and action. Learn more about lead and what you can do by using this link clicking the link in our bio: https://zurl.co/MF4x Información relacionado en español: https://zurl.co/5UWH
A few weeks ago, AHNE celebrated the end of our 3r A few weeks ago, AHNE celebrated the end of our 3rd cohort of the Environmental Health Nursing Fellowship in Albuquerque, NM! Nurse Fellows shared stories of the work that they did in partnership with community-based organizations all over the country as well as what they learned from the experience. Many will continue working within their community to advance environmental justice efforts while others have made the decision to pursue doctoral degrees to grow in their capacity as nurse leaders.
Green America shared a recent report on the Commun Green America shared a recent report on the Community Garden landscape throughout the country. Read the full report today https://zurl.co/Tah7 or head to the link in our bio.
Communities across the US are organizing for local Communities across the US are organizing for local laws to reduce pollution in areas facing cumulative impacts. A new guide from @stoptoxics and @UCSUSA shows how you can build a campaign to fight multiple sources of pollution in your community. https://zurl.co/ehbN
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