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Wishing our members a safe and happy summer! GCCA Consults and Journal Club will return in the Fall.

Webinars, Resources and Action Alerts

Greening Your Business & Improving Your Health

Wednesday, July 21, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Evite

July 30 Greening Health Care Settings workshop for Nurses earn 5 FREE CE's.


Aug 12-13 Georgia Climate Conference from the GA Department of Natural Resources.

Climate Change, Heat, and Sports Safety Thursday, August 5, 12-1pm

Join us, our partners, Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action (VCCA), and North Carolina Clinicians for Climate Action (NCCCA) for this timely discussion of heat and sports safety with Dr. Andrew Grundstein! Dr. Grundstein will speak about the impact of climate change and heat on sports safety, environmental monitoring, and assessment of heat vulnerability. RSVP HERE

Action Alert

Send this message to Congress today!

If you follow the news, you know that solutions for addressing climate change are currently under discussion by Congress. Please communicate now to make sure your voice is heard by Congress on the health benefits of climate-smart infrastructure and transportation. The next few weeks/months are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect and promote health in the era of climate change by encouraging policymakers to support meaningful priorities.

Please take a few minutes to click here and send a pre-filled form to your representatives. Then consider sharing with your network of friends and/or colleagues.

Mother’s Organization wants to Electrify Yellow School Buses (Atlanta Voice - July 18)

Pictured: (L to R) Andrew Heaton, Dr. Yolanda Whyte, Almeta Cooper: GA-Moms Clean Air Force, Rep. Teri Anulewicz and Andy Moore (Photo Credit: Madeline Thigpen/ Report for America)

Understanding the Impacts of Air Pollution, Heat, and Climate By Anne Mellinger-Birdsong

It is summer, and we’re living in a changing climate. Heat and air pollution can both have negative impacts on our health in the summertime, and climate worsens both of these issues. Read More

Food is Medicine for Our Health and the Health of the Planet By Neha Pathak

Food is medicine. Many of us are familiar with that phrase. But what a lot of people don’t know is that food is medicine for our personal health and the health of our planet. Read More

Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health Poster: Climate Impacts Health

Download the free HEATWAVE poster on how climate change is harming our most vulnerable, and how climate solutions can be health and equity solutions.

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