Right as the COVID-19 public health crisis hit Michigan – and climate change's impacts continued to intensify – two women created a coalition of healthcare workers to make both people and planet healthy.
The women's names: Dr. Lisa Del Buono and Dr. Julie Quinn. Quinn is a retired OB-GYN practitioner and clinic manager from Leelanau County. Del Buono is a retired surgical pathologist in Traverse City. Both are longtime environmental advocates.
Their coalition: Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action, a group made up of current, retired and aspiring healthcare workers and an MEC member group.
Climate change hurts our environment, and that, in turn, hurts us. Smog creates and intensifies lung and heart diseases. Heat waves hospitalize outdoor enthusiasts and workers. Insect-borne infections spike as our climate warms.
To fight these threats, Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action leverages its collective influence on policymakers and its collective expertise in preventative healthcare to raise awareness about climate change's public health threats and fight to limit them. Its members do so locally, statewide, nationally and from within the healthcare sector itself.
Join Drs. Quinn and Del Buono and MEC President & CEO Conan Smith as they discuss the roots, motivations and work of Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action in our next Capitol Connection webinar.
Generously sponsored by:
Steve and Judy Dobson
