Climate Change is a massive issue for the current and future health of the planet and all that exists on it. Finding and catching up on news surrounding climate change is often a difficult task because of the broad range of aspects that contribute to and occur because of Earth’s changing climate. In early 2021, HERE for Climate is hosting a webinar series that will elaborate on some of the aspects: energy, equity, power, health, and justice.

Our Health and the Environment’s Health

January 28, 2021 6:00 pm EST – 7:30 pm CST

Gloria E. Barrera and Eugenia Gibbons will present on the connection between human and environmental health, and how climate change is affecting the health of communities. Gloria E. Barrera, MSN, RN, PEL-CSN currently works as a certified school nurse at a public high school outside of Chicago, and as an adjunct professor of nursing at several universities, most notably at DePaul University and her alma mater Saint Xavier University. Eugenia Gibbons is the Boston Director of Climate Policy at Health Care Without Harm. For more than a decade, Eugenia has worked to build partnerships across interests and sectors to advocate for, develop, and implement state climate solutions that are sustainable, affordable, equitable, and achieve deep greenhouse gas emission reductions.