Monthly Newsletter
October 2021
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In this issue:
Welcome & Announcements | Educate, Empower, Engage | Upcoming Dates & Events
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WELCOME
Greetings! We're excited to share some great resources and let you know about a few events you won't want to miss. Happy reading!
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Announcements
In lieu of our next meeting, which would normally be held October 22nd, please be sure to sign up for the upcoming OCCA day long seminar:
“Climate Change and Health: Implications for Clinical Practice”.
General registration can be accessed HERE
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Hello everyone, my name is Emily and I am the new administrative assistant for MiCCA. I will be taking over for Ellie starting this month, who I know gave me a lot to live up to! I look forward to meeting all of you, and learning how to best grow and support MiCCA going forward.
Working for MiCCA is my first big step into the field of human health, with my main goal being to begin earning my Masters of Public Health within the next few years. I recently graduated with my Bachelors of Science from Grand Valley State University in December 2020, where my main interest was using statistics to see how the environment affects human health.
Projects I’ve had the privilege of working with include: Climate Change Education Solutions Network (CCESN), Michigan Resources on Climate and Land Change Education (MiRCLE), and a GVSU research grant where I was able to write about how vector borne disease has been impacted by climate change in South East Asia.
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Urgent Action:
Congress is deciding right now what should be included in the climate package during budget reconciliation. We need all the tools in the toolbox, including a price on carbon! A price on carbon is essential to all of the work that we're doing, because if we don't reduce emissions sufficient to get to 1.5 (C) it will be "catastrophic to human health".
Email President Biden Today at: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/white-house/
Please share this and encourage friends, families, and acquaintances to do the same!
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Educate
With the much anticipated start of COP26 arriving soon (Oct. 31st-Nov 12th), Healthy Climate is an organization that is strongly advocating for the leaders of every country and their representatives to make human health and equity central to all climate change mitigation and adaptation actions.
Healthy Climate states the importance of COP26 as being one of the most critical moments and opportunities to put the world on a path that protects people from catastrophic climate change.
MiCCA is one of the hundreds of organizations across the world that has chosen to support Healthy Climate’s mission by signing on to their petition. Thousands of individuals have signed this petition as well, with one of the most notable individuals who has signed this petition being Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization.
Want to learn more about COP26 and Healthy Climate?
- Healthy Climate’s website can be accessed HERE
- Health Climate’s petition can be accessed for individuals HERE
- A copy of the Healthy Climate’s COP 26 Explainer can be accessed HERE
- A full list of organizations and individuals who signed Healthy Climate’s petition can be found HERE.
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Empower
As the world prepares to convene at the end of this month for COP26, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed as a climate advocate. For an informative and inspiring break we recommend the article, “Everyone Loves a Success Story: Optimism Inspires Conservation Engagement”.
The article can be accessed HERE
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Engage
CURES Seminar
“An introduction to Environmental Racism in Detroit: Past, Present and Pressing Towards Justice” is an eye opening three part seminar series hosted through Wayne State University’s Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES) & Integrative Biosciences program. This seminar will be particularly relevant to our network as the recent environmental disasters in Detroit will be at the forefront of discussion.
Click HERE to access a recording of the Oct.7th seminar.
The date of the next CURES seminar is TBD
Sign ons:
Oil and Water Don’t Mix: keep oil out of the great lakes, “No Oil Tunnel Petition”: https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/no_oil_tunnel
TRU “TELL MICHIGAN LEADERS: Support More Transportation Options for a Sustainable Future!”: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-lansing-more-transportation-options-for-a-sustaintable-future/
Healthy Climate “An urgent call for climate action from the health community ahead of COP26”
https://healthyclimateletter.net/sign-the-letter/
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Upcoming Dates & Events
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October 22, 8:00 AM-5:30 PM ET: Climate Change and Health: Implications for Clinical Practice: Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action has partnered with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center to host their second climate and health conference. Attendance is free for students and $25 for professionals. See the agenda and register here!
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November 1, 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET: President Biden's Climate Change Agenda and the UN Climate Change Conference: As the United Nation's Climate Change Conference COP-26 convenes in Glasgow, Scotland, this program will explore the goals of the conference, President Biden's climate agenda, and local efforts towards climate justice. See the agenda and register here!
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“When it's over, I want to say all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms."
- Mary Oliver
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The purpose of this newsletter is to keep us on the same page between meetings and serve as a resource for this community. If there is anything you would like to include (upcoming events, a riveting climate health article, or something to add to the announcements), please do not hesitate to reach out to Emily or submit suggestions to this google form. |
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