… The Center for Climate Change and Health Equity Earns Earth Month Award … The Center for Climate Change and Health Equity Earns Earth Month Award Topics Campus Culture … noticed. The Center was presented with the Friends of the Earth Award from Salem State University last Thursday.  Suellen Breakey , the director of the Center, … the award on behalf of the Center’s Steering Committee. It’s not the first time that Salem State recognized the important nurse-led work done by the Center to …

… Gearing Up for Earth Day … Gearing Up for Earth Day Topics Campus Culture Climate Change It’s Earth Month, so the MGH … been focusing on the environment even more than usual. One Earth Month activity that wrapped up this past Monday was an eyeglass donation drive to locations in … more about sustainability efforts that take place on campus throughout the year, visit the Sustainability page on the website or Vitals , and sign up for the …

… and acute challenges, attendees at “Climate Change & Health 2022: A Roadmap for Grassroots Advocacy” heard glimmers of hope that the negative effects of climate change can still be reversed in time to head off … fellows to be change makers and do the needed advocacy work with city councils or state or federal legislatures,” he said. Dr. Suellen Breakey, associate director of …

… States?  Everything, says Patrice Nicholas, director of the MGH Institute’s Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health. “Climate justice not only intersects … change, but it intersects with COVID-19 and communities of color,” she says. To that point, the Center recently held a webinar, co-sponsored by the Alliance of … exposure to greenhouse gas emissions,” Dr. Nicholas says. “There is clear evidence that exposure to poor air quality is associated with poor outcomes from COVID-19.” …