Video2 Minute ReadOct | 20 | 2021
This webinar provided an overview of the mental health impacts related to climate change and explored how forest therapy can be used as a vehicle to address these impacts. The panelists also identified ways forest therapy can alter the course of climate change.
This webinar was co-hosted by the Center for the Environment and Health at Massachusetts General Hospital and the MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP) Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health.
Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor
Associate Director, IHP Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health
As a major Boston academic medical center, Mass General recognizes its responsibility to prioritize sustainable practices.
In times of crisis, health care professionals are often at the center of community response and resilience. A recent webinar co-hosted by Mass General’s Center for the Environment and Health explored the role of health care in the climate change crisis and racial equity.
A recent Harvard Medical Grand Rounds, "Fossil Fuel Pollution and the Climate Crisis: Patients, Practice, and Policy."
In a recent Grand Rounds webinar event, a panel discussed the impacts of the changing global environment on human health with a particular focus on pollution and climate change.
In a recent Grand Rounds webinar event, a panel discussed the adverse impacts of climate change on population health, shared insights into the effectiveness of prevention strategies and discussed how social resilience is important to prepare for extreme weather caused by climate change.
In a recent event hosted by the Center for the Environment and Health, a panel of experts explored the relationship between climate change, environmental degradation and risks to human health and offered strategies to address the climate crisis on an individual, community and organizational level.
The Center for the Environment and Health works with leadership at Mass General to integrate environmental sustainability into the clinical, research and educational activities of the hospital.
