Doctors for the Environment Australia Podcast

Jul 25 2024 21 ep. 36 mins 22
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Doctors for the Environment Podcast

Discusses latest DEA news & topical environment and health issues

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Sweltering Cities with Emma Bacon

Jul 25 2024 33 mins  
In this episode we chat to Emma Bacon, founder and Executive Director of Sweltering Cities- an organisation dedicated to advocating for and empowering communities most impacted by our heating climate.Find out more about Sweltering Cities: https://swelteringcities.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fossil fuels are a health hazard with Dr Kate Wylie

May 16 2024 26 mins  
Join us on this new season of the Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) podcast. In this first episode, hosts Ludi Pillay and Devanshi Sahore chat to Dr Kate Wylie, executive director of DEA, about her path to climate activism as well as the DEA campaign 'Fossil fuels are a health hazard'.Links for DEA membership:Doctors: https://www.dea.org.au/doctor_membershipStudent: https

Indoor gas appliances and health with Dr. Ben Ewald

Dec 22 2022 14 mins  
In this episode we discuss the health risk of indoor gas appliances to health with Dr. Ben Ewald and ways to minimise exposure. Find out more here: https://dea.org.au/newsgp-the-overlooked-health-hazard-lurking-in-many-homes-by-dr-ben-ewald/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Medical Education Curriculum Mapping Project with Dr. Laura Beaton and Grace Simpson

Oct 17 2022 22 mins  
In this episode we talk to Grace and Laura about the medical curriculum mapping project. It is imperative that educating the medical workforce to understand, address and mitigate the health effects of climate change is integrated into all levels of medical education. DEA medical students and doctors co-developed a curriculum resource that maps climate change and health to the

PPE waste with Dr. Forbes McGain

Apr 19 2022 46 mins  
DEA podcast hosts Dr. Kaiya Ferguson and Dr. Karin English meet with Dr. Forbes McGain, DEA member, anaesthetist, intensivist and hospital sustainability expert. This episode focuses on PPE waste and the structural and organisational issues that need to be overcome to reduce waste associated with single use PPE.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Healthy Environments and Lives Network (HEAL)

Feb 01 2022 36 mins  
In this episode hear about the new national network Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) with Professor Sotiris Vardoulakis and cohosts Kaiya Ferguson and Karin English.  The vision of the Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) Network is to catalyse research, knowledge exchange and translation into policy and practice that will bring measurable improvements to our h

COP26 and climate change policy

Dec 03 2021 56 mins  
In this episode you'll be updated on the latest key changes in climate change policy at an international and national level and how they relate to health.  In particular, hear about COP26, including a background on what the COP is, what the aim of COP26 was, and what Australia brought to the table with its net zero emissions policy.  Hosts, Dr. Kaiya Ferguson and Dr. Kari

Environmental impacts in pregnancy with Dr. Kristine Barnden

Oct 12 2021 30 mins  
In this episode, Dr. Kaiya Ferguson and Dr. Beau Frigault discuss the latest environment and health news, including the recent DEA and AMA open letter to Scott Morrison requesting Australia lift it's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, plus Josh Frydenburg's comments that addressing climate change is now influencing global capital markets. This episode's interview i

The Tarkine with Dr Lydia Birch and medical student Hannah Birch

Sep 19 2021 53 mins  
In this episode, Dr Kaiya Ferguson and Dr Beau Frigault discuss the latest IPCC report, before diving into an interview with Dr Lydia Birch and her sister and medical student Hannah Birch about the Tarkine native forest in Tasmania, and why its protection is a human health issue.Resources: IPCC report summary for policy makers: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/repo

Health professionals: strengthening climate change knowledge and advocacy

Aug 02 2021 26 mins  
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.&nbs