Nurse’s Week

During Nurse’s Week LinkedIn hosted a webinar “Nurses’ Roles to Address Climate Change” and it is recorded to watch now.  It is one of the best presentations, by nurses for nurses we’ve seen this year. We recommend you set aside some time to watch this panel of nurses delve into healthcare as an industry that has one of the world’s largest carbon footprints, yet there are steps we can take to decrease our impact on climate change.  Holly Carpenter of the American Nurses Association; Cara Cook, MS, RN, AHN-BC of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments; Teddie Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing; and Elizabeth Schenk of Providence, all of whom have done significant research and work in this area provide nurses with resources and ideas to be part of the climate change solutions.

Sign up for the Heat Beat Newsletter

The Heat Beat newsletter informs those concerned about extreme urban heat in their communities. Subscribers will get updates on urban heat mapping campaigns as well as information about upcoming funding opportunities, events, jobs, and current news related to extreme heat. The newsletter is distributed every other week during "heat season," and as needed the rest of the year. Sign up here.

What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week

• Study links gas stoves to 50,000 current cases of childhood asthma (ScienceAdvances, May 3)
• Arizona adapting to heat crisis with initiative featured in ASU report (ASU News, Apr 22)
• Climate and Health Outlook (HHS, May 9)
• Quiter, cleaner electronic school buses hit Phoenix streets (AZ Republic, May 8)
• Decarbonizing cities and transportation to tackle climate change (Wash Post, May 15)
• More People care about climate change than you think (Our World in Data, Mar 25)

Join Us

May 29^th: 12-1 pm: A Discussion with Dr. Eugene Livar, Arizona's 1st Chief Heat Officer, about the Governor's Extreme Heat Preparedness Plan

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89679461903?pwd=drcLOh0tEXZbqVnbJaNIjWKQdE1EJS.1

Meeting ID: 896 7946 1903
Passcode: 579314

June 12^th: 11 am-12 pm (AZ): Healthy People 2023 Webinar. Air Quality Matters: improving Health and Lung Function

Thank you for joining us in making a healthier planet today!