there are 5 discussion posts. please answer the discussion questions based on the materials provided.
Please have this as next day service if possible. The questions are after the ———- lines at the bottom. Please answer all question. Same as before. Please pick one question from each category and answer them in 100 – 250 words. So Climate Change is one category and Energy And Health is another category. And please respond to 1 classmates post in 100 -200 words. I have attached my classmates posts.
Please have this as next day service if possible. The questions are after the ———- lines at the bottom. Please answer all question. Same as before. Please pick one question from each category and answer them in 100 – 250 words. So Climate Change is one category and Energy And Health is another category. And please respond to 1 classmates post in 100 -200 words. I have attached my classmates posts.
Climate Change
Start by reading this quick primer on climate change (Links to an external site.) that I wrote with my colleague Cara Cook, RN, MSN
WATCH The following is a PPT with my voiceover. (Must download this link to see it Week 13 _ Climate Change_ Environmental and Occupational Effects on Health – 01 (Spring 2020) – Google Chrome 2020-05-05 16-01-54.mp4 )
Week 13 _ Climate Change_ Environmental and Occupational Effects on Heal…
While I spend time describing my experience doing disaster relief associated with an extreme storm, consider the similarities we experienced in the last few years with extreme fires in CA. Climate change will be creating the conditions for more extreme storms and fires, here and around the globe.
Download MPH632_Climate_Change_and_Katrina_Presentation_Video_Transcript.docxPreview the document (23KB)
Health Effects
Climate Change Explained (05:49)
Watch this great, short video on Climate Change. This will be especially helpful to those of you who are also Advanced Practitioners.
A straightforward explanation of Climate Change: the heat from human emissions is roughly equal to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day. Historically, every time carbon dioxide levels increase in Earth’s atmosphere, the average surface temperature increases, ice melts, and the seas rise. https://youtu.be/ifrHogDujXw
Wendy Ring MD MPH “Climate 911” Health effects of Global Warming (57:29)
Watch this video on the Health effect on Global Warming.
Long-time PSR member Dr. Wendy Ring has embarked on a cross-country bike tour across the northern states to raise awareness about the need for action on climate change. https://youtu.be/oPeqb-VH7gY
Climate Change Movie (26:00)
Optional Watch this short video that a colleague and I made with a USF Jesuit grant in which we tease out the varied ways in which the major religions consider Mother Nature and Climate Change, as well as nurses’ roles. See Climate Change and Nursing (Links to an external site.)
Climate Change and Health Assessments
Optional Download the The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States – A Scientific Assessment
Actions PDF or access the web version at the Global Change Website Climate and Health Assessment (Links to an external site.)
Read this factsheet about what climate change means for patient/family health: FACT SHEET: What Climate Change Means for Your Health and Family (Links to an external site.)
Consider how Indigenous People think about their relationship to the earth and all its creatures in light of climate change and how this plays out in their most fundamental philosophy. “When the integrity of an ecosystem is guarded, the integrity and very existence of human communities are guarded as well. In a philosophical system that respects other life forms as relatives, an ethic of respect, responsibility and reciprocity automatically follows, mediated by reverence. This is the opposite of the vulgar, endless extraction of resources for short-term economic gain.” Optional: Read the Complete article (Links to an external site.) from which this was extracted.
Read this article (Links to an external site.) about applying indigenous approaches to climate change adaptation.
Ice Melts and Sea Rise Predictions
Read this CNN article discussing NASA research on ice melts and sea rise and what that means globally: Ice melt could make seas rise 6 feet by 2100, study says (Links to an external site.)
BBC Documentary: Earth Under Water (45:07)
Watch this documentary Earth Under Water – New BBC Documentary 2015 – Full Length HD
Earth Under Water – New BBC Documentary 2015 – Full Length HD
Earth, also called the world and, less frequently, Gaia (and Terra in some works of science fiction) is the thir…
NURSES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Lest you think that nurses are not organizing around climate change, let me tell you about some of our collective activities:
The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE), which has a dedicated page on climate change (Links to an external site.) for and by nurses.
In collaboration with Sigma Theta Tau, ANHE has created a set of webinars on Climate Change (Links to an external site.).
A new Nurse’s Climate Change Collaborative (Links to an external site.) has been created and includes the following national nursing organizations:
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE)
American Academy of Nursing (AAN) (Links to an external site.)
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) (Links to an external site.)
Association of Public Health Nurses (APHN) (Links to an external site.)
Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health at the MGH Institute of Health Professions (Links to an external site.)
National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) (Links to an external site.)
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) (Links to an external site.)
National League for Nursing (Links to an external site.)
National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) (Links to an external site.)
Nurse Alliance of SEIU Healthcare (Links to an external site.)
Public Health Nursing Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA-PHN) (Links to an external site.)
Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) (Links to an external site.)
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Links to an external site.)
In California, nurses are part of a statewide coalition advocating for the Governor to stop drilling for oil, promote a fossil fuel-free economy, and help develop a healthy and safe transition for workers in the oil/gas and associated industries to safer and healthier employment. This Coalition (Links to an external site.) includes communities that are directly affected by exposures associated with drilling in the state, workers, health professionals, and environmentalists. (For any of you who are interested in being more involved in advocacy regarding climate change, please let Dr. Sattler know.)
Energy & Health
Energy & Health
Watch this PPT with voiceoverPlay media comment.on the human health risks associated with various energy sources. Note that there is a PPT dedicated to fracking later on in this module.
My PPT talk focused on coal and oil, but this documentary is about fracking. About 20 percent of the oil that is drilled in CA is via “fracking”. Note that you can frack oil, as well as for natural gas. In Los Angeles, they are allowed to frack within mere feet of a child’s bedroom window. There are no “setback” requirements.
WATCH this documentary on fracking in North America https://youtu.be/3BKfEvZ9LxA
Fracking: Shattered Ground (44:33)
Let’s start by looking at three short videos on the basics of fossil fuels and renewable energy. While renewables constitute the smallest percentage of our energy sources, they are also the fastest growing segment of the energy economy and really important for nurses to understand.
Watch each video. They are each about 2 minutes
Renewable Energy Explained (02:40)
This is an unofficial explainer video I created for a college project. I decided to gear it toward TheSolutionsProject.org. The assets went from Adobe Illustrator to After Effects. This animation explains the different types of energy such as, fossil fuels, biomass, nuclear and renewables. https://youtu.be/KEeH4EniM3E
Fracking
***INSERT FRACKING PPT HERE***
Coal & Gas Extraction in Australia
The Human Cost of Power (16:03) This video focuses on coal, which still fuels about 20 percent of our energy in the US.
Watch this great video made by nurses & a movie producer in Australia titled: “Human Cost of Power” about Coal and Gas Extraction in Australia. The same health threats from these forms of energy exist everywhere.
The coal and unconventional gas industries are expanding massively in Australia driving climate change and harming our health. This short film explores the health impacts associated with this expansion. https://youtu.be/y5DIDUB_RyA
Clean Energy
Optional Read the California Energy Commission’s blog on clean energy: California’s Next Frontier: Clean Electricity for Everything (Links to an external site.)
Fracking Bans
Optional Read this opinion piece on California banning fracking. EcoWatch: Oil and Water Don’t Mix: California Must Ban Fracking (Links to an external site.)
Solutions
The bottom line is that we have to use less energy resources and from mostly sustainable sources. In the module on Greening Health Care, you will find resources for decreasing energy use in health care setting.
Read Pages 5 – 8 of this American Lung Association document on electric vehicles and public health: Clean Air Future Health and Climate Benefits of Zero Emission Vehicles (Links to an external site.)
The UN has developed many great resources for country-wide approaches, as well as approaches that can be applied locally. Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (Links to an external site.)
For those of you who are or would like to work with your health care institutions, city or regional planners read the following which is excerpted from the UN Environmental Guide (pgs xi – xiv) Resource: UNEP Guide: For Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Laws
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3THINK
Discuss one item from each category
Discussion Prompt Climate Change
Climate change is predicted to have multiple effects. Are you prepared, as a nurse, to address the effects that are likely to be experienced in your community?
Are there ways in which the nursing community can use our trusted voices about health to strengthen climate change policies and practices?
Discussion Prompt Energy and Health
The production of energy has a huge impact on the environment, human health and the well-being of many communities. At what level would you be most comfortable helping to transition to sustainable and healthier energy choices?
Do you know what types of governmental incentives exist in your community, state, country to transition to renewable sources of energy?
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