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Happy Earth Day! The University of North Carolina’s second annual Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) is here! You can see report cards for UNC School of Medicine and 73 medical schools across 7 countries here: phreportcard.org @phreportcard

Essential workers deserve essential protection from heat, the deadliest form of extreme weather in the United States. Learn about how heat standards could save lives: bit.ly/NC-heat-stress #HeatSafetyNow @NC_FAN_

Wonderful virtual symposium organized and hosted by @ClimateHealthNC today! Thanks for inviting our Executive Leader Hope Gehle to share how CLEAN is making efforts at @UNC_SOM to improve curriculum, research, and sustainability. #HappyEarthDay

UNC still holds investments in coal... to truly lead in environmental sustainability, it needs to divest from all fossil fuels. catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Join us APRIL 21 for a virtual symposium on health care's role in protecting North Carolina communities from climate and air pollution. FREE CME. Thank you to our sponsors @AtriumHealth @UNC_Health_Care @ncpeds @DukeAHEC Register here ⤵️ nccliniciansforclimate.org/2023-symposium

If we restore nature, we all live healthier, more fulfilling lives while addressing climate change. @Climate4Health’s Climate Action Fact Sheet, “Restoring Nature = Restoring Ourselves” provides insight & actions to take in your neighborhood today: bit.ly/3sjLNRM

What did #COP27 achieve and what needs to happen next to ensure the world can keep the worst consequences of climate change at bay? Read our five key takeaways from the conference here: bit.ly/3V9vqDu

Check out this NPR segment on healthcare sustainability in the Triangle area! wunc.org/health/2022-12…

@UNC_CEHS @UNC_IE We would love to hear from students engaged in healthcare sustainability projects at UNC!

We are looking for healthcare students in NC who have studied or worked on "green teams" to improve healthcare sustainability. We want to know what YOU have done!

All communities need drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure that is adequate to meet the rising threats of climate change. Equitable access to clean, safe water is essential to health. grist.org/climate/jackso…

Kudos to @UNC_SOM for participating in the @phreportcard - you can't improve what you don't measure! Let's see @DukeMedSchool @campbell__med @ECUBrodySOM and @wakeforestmed step up as well for 100% North Carolina participation by 2023! @JFreischlag @AnnReedMD

In this @BostonChildrens blog for #EarthDay, our director @DrAriBernstein talks about how tackling some of the biggest problems in children’s health—like asthma, obesity, and mental health—share a similar solution: getting off fossil fuels. ow.ly/bsgV50IPY9y

(11/11) #Sustainability: UNC burns #coal every day! Powered by coal, @UNC_Health_Care contributes to polluting our air with deadly PM2.5 & trashing the #climate, with negative health effects for communities near & far. Shut down the coal plant! Replace with #renewableenergy!

(10.5/11) One ED in an urban, tertiary-care academic medical center generated ~2kg of waste per encounter! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32970577/ We encourage @UNC_Health_Care to do a similar waste audit & implement waste reduction projects at all inpatient and outpatient clinical facilities

(1/11) Today we’re tweeting about each section of @UNC_SOM’s #PHRC to share some of what we learned creating this year’s report. Key takeaway: planetary health is human health. Everyone can do something, and our institution can do a lot, to improve both! #EarthDay @WesleyBurksMD