Take Action

Please read and consider signing our letter to our members of congress:

https://forms.gle/TvYbH4dYYfywBeEq8 

Share this letter with your health organization:

https://forms.gle/DqSWzniXxwVpHGmZA

1. Listen & Learn

·       Follow literature on health & climate.

·       Learn about the eight main ways that climate is affecting our health now.

·       Look for case studies within your practice. Notice when climate-induced factors (e.g., heat, allergies, vectors) affect your patients.

·       Document patient stories or trends you see in your practice as they relate to climate and health.

2. Educate

·       Educate the populations you work with.

·       Hand out educational materials (from the Consortium, mygreendoctor, and other educational sites listed below).

·       Hang posters in your office, hospitals, public spaces.

·       Talk to patients, colleagues, and decision makers about climate & health.

3. Educate your community

·       Give talks or lectures.

4. Speak Out

·       Join a sign-on letter.

·       Set up/join/attend a meeting with a lawmaker and tell them that climate is impacting our health.  

·       Do an interview with the media to talk about climate and health.

·       Submit a Letter to the Editor or an Op-Ed.

5. Walk the Talk

·       Go green in your own workplace by following the easy guide at MyGreenDoctor.org  or https://practicegreenhealth.org/  or other resources that are helping to increase energy efficiency and helping the transition to electric (such as Project Drawdown: https://drawdown.org/solutions/table-of-solutions).

6. Get Involved

·       Make sure you are signed up as an AZHPCA Member.

·       Become a Clinician Climate Educator.

·       Join an AZHPCA Committee such as Education or Advocacy (or suggest and help lead your own).  

·       Attend our events, or participate in a trip to the Capitol to talk to lawmakers (virtual opportunities, too).

·       Recruit other health professionals to join our effort.

7. Use a climate advocacy resource for your profession to increase your climate advocacy skills:
   1. All Health Professionals:
      1. https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/become-champion-climate-health/ 
      2. https://climateforhealth.org/ambassadors-training/ 
   2. Physicians:
      1. https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/become-champion-climate-health/ 
      2.  My Green Doctor
      3. https://arizona.psr.org/ 
   3. Public Health Professionals:
      1. https://www.apha.org/Topics-and-Issues/Climate-Change
      2. https://www.apha.org/-/media/Files/PDF/topics/climate/Climate_Health_Equity.ashx
      3. https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/default.htm 
   4. Hospitals and Healthcare Systems:
      1. https://practicegreenhealth.org/
      2. https://noharm-uscanada.org/healthcareclimatechallenge
      3. https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/sectors/healthcare 
   5. Nurses:
      1. https://envirn.org/climate-change/
      2. https://us.nursesclimatechallenge.org/
   6. Mental Health Professionals
      1. https://ecoamerica.org/mental-health-and-our-changing-climate-2021-edition/ 
8. Don’t forget self care!
   1. https://climateforhealth.org/climate-advocates-ten-tips-for-self-care/
   2. https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/surviving-tough-times.htm