EP 12 - Overcoming Environmental Health Threats, Replenishing Rivers, and Happy Little Trees
Description
This episode is all about human wellness. Shelby and Anton share tools to identify environmental health threats near you, a proposal that would replenish the drought-stricken Colorado River, and the many health benefits trees provide humans.
Intro: Anton tells us about cool birds he saw while in North Carolina which include the Northern Bobwhite. Check out the sounds of their call in the sources below.
Segment 1: Shelby discusses key goals in environmental health and provides us with a plethora of resources that you can use to identify environmental health threats. Many of these tools she uses in her day job as a public health specialist!
Segment 2: Anton sheds light on a breakthrough proposal meant to aid the Colorado River, which has had critically low water levels in recent years due to climate change in the Southwest United States.
Segment 3: Bob Ross was right. Happy little trees help keep us happy too. Shelby talks about the positive impact that trees can have on your physical and mental health.
To learn more, check out our sources below
Intro: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Bobwhite/sounds#
First Segment:
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/environmental-health
https://www.cityhealthdashboard.com/
@deeplearningatuniversityof6212
Second Segment:
https://apnews.com/article/colorado-river-arizona-california-nevada-drought-climate-change-85bfbc63bfc6590613bb142347e1a014
Third Segment:
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/the-little-known-physical-and-mental-health-benefits-of-urban-trees/
https://canopy.org/blog/impacts-of-trees-on-mental-health/
https://www.greencbus.org/initiatives/responsible-mxy46
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