SE Portland and Gresham! N Portland!
We are the only US-based areas in this big international project on Green Care greenme-project.eu
Just a few days left to make your voice heard 📢🌲🧠
North Portlanders!
Gresham and SE Portland after 82nd!
Our survey on green spaces and your mental wellbeing is live until NOV 30 🌲🐸
Please share with friends, family, and community: ohsu.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Happy to be in Warsaw for our 3rd(!) annual meeting @greenme-project.bsky.social 💚🌳
Wonderful and inspiring opening remarks from Dr. C. Arden Pope III! Although many things are uncertain right now, we keep moving and keep doing the BEST science we can. #ISESISEE2025 #AirPollution #EnvironmentalHealth
We stand with our #CDC & #publichealth colleagues. ❤️
#ISESISEE2025 is committed to a safe, welcoming space for all. 🏙️ Here are some tips to help you feel safe and comfortable in Atlanta.
➡️ https://www.isesisee2025.org/discover-atlanta/#safety
Wow! Big swoosh! Hopeful for what this 2 BILLION DOLLARS will mean for Oregon cancer patients (and folks who are at risk or diagnosed everywhere) as we continue with cancer research and translation at the Knight 🌲💚@ohsuknight.bsky.social🌿
My research findings were clear: mental wellness in the face of ecological distress was anchored not in thoughts, but in action
What is the likelihood that world leaders will not take "immediate, unprecedented action"?
"World leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say."
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
This won't save dollars and it will cost lives. Profs. Kristi Ebi and Howard Frumkin say that the AP estimates released today are still conservative:
apnews.com/article/epa-...
The Trump administration’s billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health include a $2.7 billion blow to the National Cancer Institute slashing more than a third of its funding. “For the past 50 years, every significant medical breakthrough, especially in the treatment of cancer,
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
Thom Hartmann makes my point:
“Among the developed world, the U.S. stands virtually alone in imposing punitive, bureaucratic work requirements for access to food, housing, and health care, all services that are treated as rights in most other wealthy nations.”
An infographic explaining what makes a place bike friendly
Happy UN World Bicycle Day!
Leon v. ExxonMobil et al. filed in WA court on behalf of the estate of Juliana “Julie” Leon, who died of hyperthermia during the 2021 PNW heat dome. Scientists say the event would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change
Lawsuit alleges Exxon, BP, Chevron, Shell, and other oil companies knew for all of Julie’s life that climate lies and deception would claim lives. First individual-level (not state-level or community-level) case to be filed in US court
The US public health community is incredible! They’ve rapidly organised and come together to back up as much social, health, climate data as possible to ensure we can continue US health equity research. Proud to be working alongside people who truly care about protecting others 🇺🇸
