Harvard C-Change: COVID-19 and Climate Change
Retired workers and medical students are also stepping up. In New York City, over 1000 retired health care workers volunteered in 24 hours.
To bolster the workforce, #FirstRespondersFirst is a new Harvard Chan School initiative with ThriveGobal and the CAA Foundation to provide physical and psychological resources to health care workers.
Our leadership is part of the countless hospital workers around the globe on the front lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
COVID-19 and Climate
Our Director Dr. Aaron Bernstein has answered your most frequently asked questions about how coronavirus is connected to climate change and the environment. We have been working around the clock with the media to connect the dots between habitat destruction, air pollution, climate change, and infectious disease.
A few examples:
Why our shrinking natural world is increasing the pace of global pandemics (Fast Company)
The coronavirus is deadly enough. But some experts suspect bad air makes it worse. (Washington Post)
Possible Ties Between COVID and Climate (Inside Climate)
We’ve seen organized efforts spring up for caremongering, kindness committees, andmutual aid networks. We’ve seen people replace books with food in their little free libraries. And we’ve seen a priest livestream a mass while activating the video filters by mistake.
Folks with maker skills are stepping up (and invite you to join them):
Glassblowers are creating splitters so one ventilator can help four people
People who sew are stitching face masks
Owners of 3D printers are making face shields
And if you’re looking for ways to help in your community, you can:
Volunteer at your local school to help with food distribution
Tutor kids or read a story remotely
Donate to a local food bank
Run errands for your elderly or immunocompromised neighbors
Order take-out for your local hospital staff or first responders
Give gift cards from local businesses to essential workers or people out of work
Continue to pay your hairstylist, nail salon, landscaper, or housekeeper
Order takeout or delivery, and tip as much as you can
EMA joins our friends at Harvard C-Change in sending a heartfelt thanks to To the home care workers, police, firefighters, grocery store clerks, pharmacists, postal workers, nursing home staff and everyone else pitching in: Thank you.
Information reposted from the Harvard C-Change Climate Optimist newsletter.
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