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Webcast: Protecting the health and wellbeing of communities in a changing climate
The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine, and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement are hosting the joint workshop on Protecting the Health and Wellbeing of Communities in a Changing Climate. The meeting will explore the implications of climate change for population health and potential strategies public health, environmental health, health care and…
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Expanding local food access to consumers, schools and businesses
Helen Sarakinos, executive director of the REAP Food Group, is part of the Caring for Creation Series at Bethel Lutheran Church. Sarakinos is a seasoned advocate and organizer for issues that impact our community’s children’s citizens, food, and water. In her presentation, she will talk about the work of REAP Food Group, which has become a…
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Weston Roundtable: Environmental Impacts of Evolving Consumer Technology
Andrea Hicks, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, looks at the environmental, economic and societal impacts of our evolving technology. Tools such as life-cycle assessment and agent-based modeling allow for the quantification of these impacts, and generate an understanding of potential unintended consequences. Hicks will explore these by looking at products such as energy-efficient…
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Animal to man, fear of the next pandemic
GHI’s Tony Goldberg helps unravel cause of orangutan’s death in Milwaukee zoo, traces unidentified tapeworm.
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The cryptic origins of Ebola in West Africa: science and narratives of spillover in Meliandou
James Fairhead is a professor of social anthropology at the University of Sussex. His research covers anthropogenic landscapes and indigenous agro-ecological knowledge. In a trio of books, he examined how the environmental sciences and policy engage with the lives and perspectives of land users. His presentation is part of a year-long “One Health and History in Africa…