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Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

A U of M initiative looks to create climate-informed health care professionals

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Director of Planetary Health Teddie Potter wants to see health care professionals lead the charge towards environmental and human wellbeing.
GOES-East/NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory, via NPR

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A cadre of new nurses will be graduating in just some days from the University of Minnesota.

And they’ll be trained to not only care for our human health but also the planet’s health.

That’s the goal of the planetary health division at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. It’s an initiative to mobilize health care professionals to lead the fight against climate change and environmental destruction.

Director of Planetary Health Teddie Potter shared more on this week’s Climate Cast.

To hear the full conversation, click play on the audio player above or subscribe to the Climate Cast podcast.