#OurClimateOurHealth

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1 week ago

Nature, Biodiversity, and Adolescent Wellbeing — Change The Chamber (March 4, 2026) Kids are growing up more disconnected from nature than ever, even though time with trees, dirt, and wildlife makes them calmer, happier, and sharper. When nature becomes somewhere you ...

🌱 We’re raising the most nature-deprived generation in history. Connection to nature has dropped 60% since the 1800s. #Biodiverse schoolyards lower anxiety, improve focus, and even boost learning. Yet many kids, especially in cities, rarely experience it. #OurClimateOurHealth

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1 month ago

Air, Climate, and Our Health — Change The Chamber (January 28, 2026) The air is changing, and our lungs are paying the price. Even non-smokers are developing lung cancer! As heat, wildfire smoke, and longer allergy seasons worsen pollution, clean air...

💔 16% of U.S. women diagnosed with lung cancer never smoked. Let that sink in.

🌍 Pollution, #ClimateChange, and health are deeply linked — and the most vulnerable pay first.

🎙️ Read this powerful article and listen to our “Let’s Talk About Climate” podcast focused on #OurClimateOurHealth.

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2 months ago

The Hidden Health Crisis of a Warming Planet — Change The Chamber (January 13, 2026) Climate change is no longer a distant environmental threat—it is directly affecting human health. By expanding the range of disease-carrying vectors and increasing zoonotic transmis...

🌎 From Lyme disease to West Nile virus, #climatechange is reshaping global disease patterns. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨 lays out the evidence behind the hidden #healthcrisis of a warming planet. #OurClimateOurHealth

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4 months ago

Brine to Bone: Oil and Gas’s Radioactive Waste Legacy Shapes Our Health — Change The Chamber (October 21, 2025) Oil and gas drilling brings radioactive waste to the surface, contaminating air, water, and soil, and posing invisible but lasting threats to human health. As corporations bury this...

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 reveals how radioactive waste from #oilandgas drilling is seeping into our water, soil, and even our bones, exposing a #publichealth crisis too often overlooked by policymakers. #OurClimateOurHealth ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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5 months ago

Working in Extreme Heat: Risks, Responses, and Solutions for Occupational Health and Safety — Change The Chamber (October 16, 2025) At NY Climate Week, Change the Chamber united experts and organizers to tackle how extreme heat endangers workers, and the bold solutions needed to keep them safe.

During our #NYClimateWeek event, experts revealed how #extremeheat, the deadliest weather hazard, is turning workplaces into danger zones and how communities are fighting back. #OurClimateOurHealth ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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5 months ago

Womb with a View (of 1.5°C) — Change The Chamber (October 2, 2025) Extreme heat is putting pregnancies at risk, increasing the chances of stillbirth, preterm birth, and lasting health complications. At the same time, rising temperatures are making d...

From Kingston to Kansas, #extremeheat is reshaping fertility and #maternalhealth. 𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 and 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 uncover the crisis in the latest installment of CTC’s #OurClimateOurHealth Series. #ClimateFriday #EJFriday ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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5 months ago

Beyond Overshoot - Rethinking Health and Wellbeing in an Unbalanced World — Change The Chamber (September 26, 2025) Earth Overshoot Day marks when humanity’s resource use outpaces what our planet can regenerate—pushing ecosystems and human health past their limits. These crises show that protec...

In the first installment of our #OurClimateOurHealth Series, 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 and 𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 reveal a startling fact: we are living beyond our planet’s limits, and our health is paying the price! #WorldEnvironmentalHealthDay

Lisa Patel, MD

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1 year ago

Dr. Elizabeth White at #OurClimateOurHealth talking about her experiences as a rural doctor facing the fire hose of misinformation funded by #BigOil to stymy renewables, and how she uses her voice to form connection, create shared values, and combat disinformation.