Tag: Policy and Advocacy

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Dr. Diana Hernández joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss how housing and energy impact our health and well-being.

Senior Agents of Change fellows Enjoli Hall and Tatiana “Tots” Height discuss what drew them to urban planning and how they envision the field could better center the histories and lived experiences of Black communities.

Dr. Rupa Marya and Dr. Raj Patel join the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to talk about how practitioners of modern medicine and public health are trained to be technicians rather than healers.

Enjoli Hall joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss how she’s using urban planning to advocate for community care.

Large-scale food conglomerates exert outsized influence over what is produced and eaten around the world. So why are they left out of public health research and policy?

Es difícil evitar la eco-ansiedad. Pero si desintoxicamos nuestras redes sociales y nos centramos en la comunidad, todos podemos encontrar buenas noticias e inspirar el cambio.

It’s hard to avoid eco-anxiety. But by detoxing our social media feeds and focusing on community, we can all find good news and inspire change.

Para quienes cocinan con combustibles de biomasa, la pobreza es un problema de salud ambiental.

For those cooking with biomass fuels, poverty is an environmental health issue.

Gavin Rienne joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss what children’s health can tell us about a community’s natural disaster preparedness.

Dr. Lariah Edwards joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss how inadequate and outdated chemical regulation is leaving us all exposed to harmful compounds in our makeup, food wrappers, and other products.