April 22, 2023, is recognized annually as earth day. It began as a national day for action in the 1970s and has now grown not only to reach a global audience but to be a large day of awareness, celebration, and observance.
Environmental health and our climate are linked to our individual and community health outcomes. In celebration of Earth Day 2023, I would like to highlight an exciting partnership. Since the spring of 2022, I have been able to have a role in the Interprofessional Education course, Climate change and public health preparedness. It will be offered again this summer, and I am also currently a part of a multi-disciplinary teaching team that is piloting a planetary health and systems thinking course. I’m thankful for the work and collaboration opportunities with Heidi Honegger Rogers, DNP, FNP-C, APHN-C, Caroline Scruggs, PhD, PE, Megan Tucker, MS, PhD Student, Claudia Pratesi, PhD, MCRP, MWR, & Amanda Dunn, DNP,RN,FNP-C. Most importantly, the work of our UNM students engaged in these classes continues to be inspiring and hopeful.
Selected resources regarding our environment available at our library:
Planetary health : human health in an era of global environmental change
Community organizing and community building for health and social equity
Learn more about earth day:
One Albuquerque: Earth Day Guide
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals