The Climate Change and Health Workgroup focuses on the impact of climate change and the environment on health. This platform will provide an opportunity for nurses to learn, engage, and advocate for healthier environments in Arizona. Want to get involved? Visit https://www.aznurse.org/page/ClimateChangeHealth for more info!
  
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Posted By Madi Moyer,
Thursday, May 23, 2024
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Climate Resources
Join Us
May 29th: 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
May 31st: 9:30 am – 10:45 am (AZ): Climate Conversations: Community-Driven Relocation From NASEM Climate, a discussion about centering community well-being in planning for climate-induced relocation.
June 12th: 11 am-12 pm (AZ): Healthy People 2023 Webinar. Air Quality Matters: improving Health and Lung Function
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Posted By Madi Moyer,
Thursday, May 16, 2024
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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.
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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
Join Us
May 29th: 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 12th: 11 am-12 pm (AZ): Healthy People 2023 Webinar. Air Quality Matters: improving Health and Lung Function
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Posted By Madi Moyer,
Thursday, May 9, 2024
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Clean Air Month
May is Clean Air Month, sponsored by the American Lung Association (ALA) since 1972. Clean Air Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the improvements in air quality since the passage of the 1070 Clean Air Act and, to build awareness of action remaining. The 2024 ALA’sState of the Air Report is now available.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Biden administration also finalized several rules to further address air pollution.Click hereto learn more about the newly mandated reductions in pollutants and the health benefits and saved lives these reductions will bring.
Action Item
From Health Professionals for Climate, action is being requested of health care professionals as Congress begins to address farm policy. Upcoming farm policy could pit programs like SNAP and important conservation initiatives against each other for funding. Both nutrition and clean water, soil, and air, are vital for health and should be prioritized. Read more and take action here.
What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week
Join Us
May 14th 8:00 am: Morning Scoop with Arizona Capitol Times: Charting a Path to a Clean, Reliable, Affordable Energy Future (zoom) Register here
May 14th 5:30 pm: May’s AzNA Climate Change & Health Workgroup Meeting
May 29th: 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 12th: 11 am-12 pm (AZ): Healthy People 2023 Webinar. Air Quality Matters: improving Health and Lung Function
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Posted By Madi Moyer,
Thursday, May 2, 2024
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Air Quality Awareness Week
May 6-10
The theme for this year is, “Knowing Your Air”. Air Quality Awareness Week (AQAW) highlights resources that increase air quality awareness and encourage people to act and incorporate air quality knowledge into their daily lives.
AQAW 2024 Daily Topics:
From our colleagues, The Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action (AzHPCA): as temperatures climb, the air quality starts to suffer too. This week has already seen high levels of Ozone from the warmer temperatures mixing with volatile organic compounds from the consumption of fossil fuels.
Check the air quality on https://www.airnow.gov/ to view air quality levels.
What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week
- Gov. Hobbs signs historic water rights agreement with Colorado River Indian Tribes (Arizona’s Family, April 26)
- Arbor Day 2024: How to plant the best tree to combat climate change (ABC News, April 26)
- Connections between planetary and human health (Medical Care Blog, April 25)
- Scenes from a warming climate (MI Today, April 26)
- More than one-third of people in the US exposed to harmful air pollution-report (The Guardian, April 24)
- 10 years later, Flint’s and America’s water remains unnecessarily hazardous (The Hill, April 25)
- A Record A Day: Ocean temperatures rise at a rate that is alarming climate scientists ( Arizona Republic, April 29)
- Video: Climate Anxiety: What to do if you’re worried about climate change (AAP, April 17)
- Arizona gets $156.12 million grant from federal Solar For All Program on Earth Day (KTAR News, April 22)
- Joint Staff Report: Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change (US Congress, April 2024)
Join Us
May 9th 12:00 pm-1:00 pm (AZ) Nurses’ Roles to Address Climate Change: panel discussion during Nurses’ Week, sponsored by ANA and LinkedIn.
May 14th 5:30 pm: May’s AzNA Climate Change & Health Workgroup Meeting
May 29th: 12 pm-1 pm (AZ): A Discussion with Dr. Eugene Livar, Arizona's 1st Chief Heat Officer, about the Governor's Extreme Heat Preparedness Plan
Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89679461903?pwd=drcLOh0tEXZbqVnbJaNIjWKQdE1EJS.1
Meeting ID: 896 7946 1903
Passcode: 579314
June 12th: 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!
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Posted By Madi Moyer,
Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Celebrating Earth Week
How did you celebrate Earth Week? Share with us on MyAzNA and AzNA social media. We hope you have learned a new way to support planet health and can share it with your family and friends. Please visit our tips and resources at our website for more ideas and solutions for a healthier planet.
Other Earth Week Resources of Interest
What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week
Join Us
May 1st and May 2nd: ANHE Virtual Hill Days. Sign Up Here. We need more nurses to join these important conversations with our elected officials. Please sign up today.
May 4th: Beyond the Forecast: The Interplay of Climate Change and Health Register Here. This is in person, at University of Arizona, Tucson.
May 29th: 12-1 pm: Save the Date. A Discussion with Dr. Eugene Livar, Arizona's 1st Chief Heat Officer, about the Governor's Extreme Heat Preparedness Plan
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Posted By Madi Moyer,
Friday, April 19, 2024
Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Earth Day 2024
April 22nd
Today is Earth Day, a day to learn and act in support of our planet’s health. Here are some ideas and additional information is available on our website.
Tip 1: Eat Less Meat: About 40% of greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, deforestation, and poor land use practices.
Tip 2: Use Few Plastics: Avoid plastics like straws and single-use water bottles; use reusable bags at the grocery store and reusable water bottles.
Tip 3: Use Less Gas: Opt for biking, walking, public transportation, or carpooling to cut down on pollution from car travel.
Tip 4: Be Water Wise: Be water-conscious in your daily life. Turn off the water when brushing your teeth, use your dishwasher, fix leaks, and use drought-tolerant plants in your yard.
Tip 5: Inspire, Educate, and Advocate for a Healthy Earth: visit our website, continue reading our posts, and share learnings with others. We can all work together to save our planet, so it remains for future generations.
ANHE Resources
Webinar (ANHE) Recording: Healthy Soil, Healthy Food, Healthy People
A presentation regarding healthy soil, the foundation of healthy food, and a better environment.
Nurses applaud First-Ever National Standards to Address PFAS in Drinking Water
The EPA finalized the first national drinking water limit on certain toxic PFAS (forever chemicals) in a historic move last week. Forever chemicals have been linked to health issues like low birth weight and certain cancers. Nurses helped educate, advocate, and signed petitions to the EPA to see these rules finalized. Thank you to nurses for supporting this important work. Together we can change policy and improve the planet’s health and our health too.
What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week
- Chemicals stored in home garages linked to ALS risk (Medical Press, Apr 11)
- Climate and Health Outlook (HHS, Apr 3)
- The challenging feedback loop of unsustainability in the healthcare industry (Healthcare Brew, Apr 9)
- Communicating on climate change and health: Toolkit for health professionals (WHO, Mar 22)
- This should be a global wake-up call: Corals are bleaching in every corner of the ocean, threatening its web of life, scientists say (Wash Post, Apr 15)
- Celebrating Earth Day:$11 Billion invested, 14,000 clean energy jobs in Arizona (AZ Rep, Apr 17)
- What do Americans want to know about climate change? (Yale, Apr 16)
Join Us
April 24th 9:00 am Webinar “State of the Air” 2024 Briefing Webinar from the American Lung Association.
May 1st and May 2nd: ANHE Virtual Hill Days. Sign Up Here. We need more nurses to join these important conversations with our elected officials. Please sign up today.
May 29th: 12-1 pm: Save the Date. A Discussion with Dr. Eugene Livar, Arizona's 1st Chief Heat Officer, about the Governor's Extreme Heat Preparedness Plan
Thank you for joining us in making a healthier planet today!
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Posted By Administration,
Thursday, April 11, 2024
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Earth Day 2024
April 21st 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Join Us at the Climate Solutions Now: Phoenix Earth Day 2024 Event. We will partner with the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) and the Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action (AzHPCA) to exhibit and educate about climate change and health. Register Here. Volunteer to staff the booth here. Have questions? Email Pat VanMaanen at pat@pvhealthsolutions.com.
National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF) Selectees
Under the $14 billion National Clean Investment Fund, the three selected applicants will establish national clean financing institutions that deliver accessible, affordable financing for clean technology projects nationwide, partnering with private-sector investors, developers, community organizations, and others to deploy projects, mobilize private capital at scale, and enable millions of Americans to benefit from the program through energy bill savings, cleaner air, job creation, and more. Additional details on each of the three selected applicants, including the narrative proposals that were submitted to EPA as part of the application process, can be found on EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund NCIF website.
What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week
Join Us
May 1st and May 2nd: ANHE Virtual Hill Days. Sign Up Here.
April 21st. Earth Day 2024 Sign Up Here. Volunteer Here.
April 16th. Webinar: Land and Water Access and Protection Register here.
Thank you for joining us in making a healthier planet today!
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Posted By Madi Moyer,
Thursday, April 4, 2024
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Earth Day
Earth Day 2024: is April 22nd, Test Your Knowledge.
- Sustainable Fashion Quiz: how much do you know about what’s in your closet? Quiz
- Plastics & Human Health Quiz: Try Now
- What Country Are You Quiz: Countries around the world take different stances on plastic pollution. What country do your values align with? Find Out Now
Arizona Organization to Know
Sonoran Environmental Research Instutute (SERI): is a community-based, Tucson nonprofit that works with low income and minority communities in the Southwest to help protect the environment and build safe and healthy neighborhoods. Programs include free home repairs for families with children under 5 to remove lead-based paint, grants for residential rainwater harvesting, and grants for roof-top solar systems. Learn More.
What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week
Join Us
Our next meeting of the AzNA Climate Change & Health Workgroup is Tuesday, April 9th at 5:30 pm. We will be working on Earth Day plans and ANHE virtual hill day activities, join the conversation. Meeting Link.
Thank you for joining us in making a healthier planet today!
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Posted By Madi Moyer,
Friday, March 29, 2024
Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Planet vs. Plastics
For Earth Day 2024 on April 22nd, EARTHDAY.ORG, asks for your support to end plastics for the sake of human and planetary health. The goal: 60% reduction in the production of ALL plastics by 2040. Take Action
What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week
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Posted By Administration,
Thursday, March 21, 2024
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Thank you!
Thank you to each nurse who responded to our requests to encourage the EPA and the administration to finalize the Emission standards for tail pipe emissions on light and medium duty vehicles. On Wednesday, March 20th, they were made final. Rule Summary here.
Webinar
The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (Region 3 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit) in partnership with EPA, is hosting a webinar on EPA's Safer Choice program - This program approves cleaning products that are safe for people and the environment.
Each participant will receive a box of Safer Choice products!
When: Mar 27, 2024 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Please register in advance for this meeting:
villanova.zoom.us/meeting/register/...
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We hope to see you there!
What We Are Reading & Listening to This Week
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