Doctors for the Environment Australia Podcast

Clearly you're listening to this podcast because you're concerned about climate change and health!  Even with a high level of concern, we all struggle at times to take action. If you've wondered why, listen to this episode!  We are discussing a paper by the Lancet Planetary Health that examines healthcare workers understanding of climate change and barriers to action.

Views of health professionals on climate change and health: a multinational survey study, Kotcher, John et al. The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 5, Issue 5, e316 - e323

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00053-X/fulltext

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Join us on this episode, as we'll help you feel very virtuous by learning how to change your diet (or your patients' diets) to benefit yourself and the planet!

Karin, Kaiya and guest GP Michael Schien share some very simple tips for how to reduce your dietary impact on the environment and tips for talking or educating patients about diet, health and the environment. 

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In this episode of the podcast, join Beau as he talks with Martin about the impact of climate change on sport in Australia and the role that sport has to play in tackling climate change. 

The discussion covers the report released by the Climate Council "Game, Set, Match: Calling Time on Climate Inaction". 

https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/game-set-match-sports-climate-change/

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Towards net zero emissions in healthcare

The changing climate is exposing our patients and communities to more frequent and intense extreme weather. 

Health professionals are increasingly treating climate-related illnesses, and healthcare services are vulnerable to a range of risks, including an increase in patient demand and threats to infrastructure, workforce and supply chains.

Yet the healthcare sector itself is a significant contributor to climate change through its own carbon footprint, which is estimated to be 7% of Australia's total carbon emissions.

DEA is calling on the healthcare sector to achieve:

– An interim emission reduction target of 80% by 2030.

– Net zero emissions by 2040.

A new report charts this course: “Net zero carbon emissions: responsibilities, pathways and opportunities for Australia's healthcare sector”

Click here to access the Net Zero Carbon Emissions Report.

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It's an episode all about sustainable menstrual products.  

What do doctors need to know about them?  What are they? Why do people use them? Are they safe? What are the environmental benefits? Can you do pilates with them? 

We talk all about the important things that doctors need to know about sustainable menstrual products.   

And one host will take home the title of the 2020 Menstrual Cup Queen!  

Listener warning: some content within this show may not be appropriate for family listening  

Resources from the show: 

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(19)30111-2/fulltext

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/environment/2019/09/how-tampons-pads-became-unsustainable-story-of-plastic

https://res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/sustainability/sustainability-11-00473/article_deploy/sustainability-11-00473.pdf

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/the-future-of-periods-can-now-be-sustainable-and-cheap-133025

Music from www.bensound.com

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On this episode, we talk about how nature is good for you and your patients! Ever wondered what your daily dose of nature should be?  Join us and Dr. Dimity Williams, DEA member, and Steven Wells, a therapeutic horticulturalist, to find out. 

Think of this episode as an antidote to 2020. We promise you'll finish the episode feeling relaxed, refreshed and eager to get out and about amongst the greenery.  

Resources: 

Music: Recording from Wamboin, NSW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-XuvLjIulU (ABC Science) Recording from Hobart, TAS - https://youtu.be/Q9gs3zxrPM4
Kids in Nature Network: https://www.kidsinnaturenetwork.org.au 
Steven's website: https://www.stevenwellsthegardener.com/

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Join us as we talk to author Paddy Manning about the book body count - a book about the personal impacts of climate change. This book features many DEA members!! 

Body Count by Paddy Manning: https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Body-Count/Paddy-Manning/9781925456752

If you have thoughts after listening to this podcast that you'd like to share with us, please email them through to [email protected]

If you've ever connected a patients presentation to climate change or even told a patient so, please let us know. If you feel brave, record yourself telling us about it and send it through! 

News audio credits: https://youtu.be/BE-ZEiNg4l4heat: https://youtu.be/9Srr0WVZnJcflood: https://youtu.be/nVTx5t3iMW4disease: https://youtu.be/_1FFBQGOnyUbreakdown: https://youtu.be/Xg4Adl0u3yMhope: https://youtu.be/fV34M7yH308https://youtu.be/jWu3TlB7XdY
Music credit: www.bensound.com 

Find out more about the global burden of disease and climate change https://youtu.be/ewmzPPUmY-A

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Join us as we talk to doctor in training Georgia Behrens about the importance of the youth movement for action on climate change and incorporating the environment and health into medical education. 

CALLING MEDICAL STUDENTS TO BE PART OF THE 2021 DEA NATIONAL STUDENT COMMITTEE📣
If you are a medical student with a passion for advocacy and the link between the environment and our health, we want to hear from you!
Click the links to a) read position descriptions and b) apply through the form 🌻💚
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c12JqhQUeevCCiHhxjq3lZz_tHAaxMih/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rp8jJJPWJOc0hO1VkL8gs8lE9KikhKXPV_TFWhpCNeQ/edit

Credits: 

Fatboy Slim x Greta Thunberg, Right Here Right Now - https://youtu.be/FrEP4MHCKDc

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Interested in learning more about why DEA is supporting the call to #TurnOffTheGas? 

Then join us on this episode as we talk to Professor Melissa Haswell about the health effects of gas!  

https://turnoffthegas.good.do/turnoffthegas/turnoffthegas/

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