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Bonnie Schneider | How climate change is affecting your health and what you can do about it
FromClimate Positive
Bonnie Schneider | How climate change is affecting your health and what you can do about it
FromClimate Positive
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Apr 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The impacts of climate change are front and center. Rising temperatures, volatile weather events, and poor air quality affect our physical and mental health in dangerous new ways. From increasing the risk of infectious disease to amplifying emotional stress and anxiety—even the healthiest among us are at risk. Bonnie Schneider has tracked environmentally linked physiological impacts throughout her career as a Peabody Award-winning TV journalist, meteorologist, and founder of Weather & Wellness©—a platform that explores the connection between weather, climate change, and health.In this episode, host Gil Jenkins speaks with Bonnie about her most recent book, Taking the Heat, How Climate Change Is Affecting Your Mind, Body, and Spirit and What You Can Do About It. In Taking the Heat, Bonnie provides crucial and practice advice from a broad range of science experts and medical professionals. Links:Bonnie Schneider WebsiteWeather and Wellness® WebsiteBonnie Schneider LinkedInBonnie Schneider TwitterTaking the Heat: How Climate Change Is Affecting Your Mind, Body, and Spirit and What You Can Do About ItArticle: I'm A Meteorologist & This Is How Climate Change Is Affecting Your Health, By Bonnie Schneider, Mind Body Green, April 4, 2022)Article: ‘OK Doomer’ and the Climate Advocates Who Say It’s Not Too Late, The New York Times, March 22, 2022)Episode recorded: April 7, 2022Email your feedback to Chad, Gil, and Hilary at climatepositive@hannonarmstrong.com or tweet them to @ClimatePosiPod.
Released:
Apr 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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