EarthLab News
Exhibit at UW Explores the Intersection of Art, Health and Environment in the Peruvian Amazon
Since time immemorial, people in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest have been living on or near the river floodplains, creating symbiotic cultures echoing the rhythms of the rich biodiversity that are found in this rainforest. However, recent centuries have brought resource exploitation and colonization to this area, which has forced hundreds of thousands to migrate from the deep jungle to Iquitos—a jungle city of half a million people and the largest in the world accessible only by river.
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Native American Heritage Month 2023: Resources and Activities
November is Native American Heritage Month -- a time to acknowledge and celebrate the history, resilience, and contributions of Indigenous peoples in our communities in the past, present and future. In Seattle (and on the UW campus), we're fortunate to have many nearby opportunities to listen, learn, donate, and act in solidarity to create a more just and equitable future. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it's a good place to start if you're looking to find ways to engage before November is over.
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Population Health Initiative, EarthLab event builds cross-disciplinary climate change connections
The Population Health Initiative and EarthLab hosted approximately 45 University of Washington faculty, staff and graduate students in an Open Space-style event in the UW wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on October 23, 2023, to help facilitate the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations to take on pressing climate-related challenges. This was the second Fostering Climate Change Connections event, following the inaugural offering that took place on April 11, 2023.
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Taking hopeful action for win-win climate change and mental health policies
EarthLab was honored to be invited by the OECD Wise Centre and the UW Environment and Well-Being Lab to co host a public workshop dedicated to better understanding the connection between climate change and mental health and the policies we can develop to improve lives. On September 19, 2023, fifteen panelists shared new research and personal experiences to help uncover the complex pathways linking climate change and mental health, hopeful actions led by community, tribal knowledge, and barriers and successes in local, state and national policy.
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Make new interdisciplinary climate research connections on Oct. 23 (UW RSVP req'd)
The Population Health Initiative and EarthLab will again co-host an Open Space-style event in the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on 10/23/23 to facilitate the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations to take on pressing climate-related challenges. UW faculty members, staff and graduate students who attend the event will set the agenda for discussion. RSVP required.
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Join us for the 2023 Doug Walker Lecture, Building Resilience: Future-forward solutions for nature, health and the urban environment
We're thrilled to share that Dr. Heather Tallis will be the keynote speaker at the annual UW College of the Environment Doug Walker Lecture. Join us to explore how weaving nature more deliberately into the fabric of our urban communities can improve our quality of life. From urban parks to sustainable infrastructure, integrating nature into our cities makes us healthier, happier, smarter and safer.
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UW President Cauce: Urgency of climate crisis motivating action across the UW
But regardless of any tension over how quickly we can achieve total decarbonization, we completely agree that addressing climate change is vital to the health and prosperity of everyone. That is why environmental resilience is one of the three pillars of the UW’s Population Health Initiative, launched in 2016; why we started the College of the Environment, still the largest in the country; and why UW’s EarthLab was created to spur novel, equitable and scalable climate change solutions.
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Register Now for the Climate - Mental Health Nexus: How a Well-Being Approach Can Provide Lessons for Win-Win Policies
Join the University of Washington’s EarthLab, the Environment and Well-Being Lab and the OECD WISE Centre in a half-day public workshop on the intersection of climate change and mental health. The event will uncover the complex pathways linking climate change to worsening mental health outcomes, including new forms of distress. It will also showcase the restorative and protective aspects of nature, and the ways in which climate action can be leveraged to promote positive mental health outcomes.
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Join us June 22 for "Beating the Heat: Collective Action for a Safer Northwest"
Join EarthLab, The Climate Impacts Group and the Center for Health and the Global Environment on June 22 for a panel discussion, report launch & climate resiliency tool demo to help save lives during extreme heat.
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Pop Health Initiative, EarthLab event fosters climate change connections across UW disciplines
The Population Health Initiative and EarthLab co-hosted an Open Space-style event in the University of Washington wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on April 11, 2023, to help facilitate the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations that will take on pressing climate-related challenges.
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