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5 Tips to Love the Earth - Climate Change and Health Workgroup

5 Ways to Love the Earth

 

 

Tip 1: Eat Less Meat

Your diet affects climate change. About 40% of greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, deforestation, and poor land use practices.

 

Ted Talk by Graham Hill: Why I’m a weekday vegetarian.

Eating Less Meat Is Key to Climate Mitigation

Your Questions About Food and Climate Change, Answered

Food and Climate Change: Healthy diets for a healthier planet

 

Tip 2: Use Few Plastics

 

Why should we reduce the use of plastic-Reducing the use of plastic is essential because it prevents pollution and reduces the demand for methane gas consumption while saving natural resources. It also reduces greenhouse gas emissions, which are contributing to climate change.

 

10 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution

Micro and nanoplastics in atheromas and cardiovascular events

Tackling Climate Change: Health Care Professionals Can Do More by Using Less

Protecting Our Planet: 5 Strategies for Reducing Plastic Waste

Why should we reduce the use of plastic

 

Tip 3: Use Less Gas

Cutting methane emissions is the fastest, most effective way to slow the rate of global warming.

 

Strategies for reducing the use of methane gas

Ted Talk: Cutting methane can slow climate change right now

Electrifying your life: IRA Facts

Electrifying your home planner

Can You Guess Which New EPA Rules Offers $13 Billion in Annual Health Benefits?

 

Tip 4: Be Water Wise

 

The Importance of Conserving Water

A 30-day challenge to become more water wise

Arizona Water Authority

Arizona’s Water Use by Sector

Water in Arizona: Our Past, Present, and Future

 

Tip 5: Inspire, Educate, and Advocate for a Healthy Earth

 

NASEM Workshop: Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Exploring Adaptation Strategies to Support Health Equity

Environmental Health Series from the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health

What do Americans want to know about climate change?

Is there a place in Congress for the most trusted profession in America?

Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

ANA Position on Climate Change