- What do you personally find most troubling about climate change?
What I find most troubling personally about climate change is the misconception people have about it or that people do not know that it exists! Am I mistaken that Trump said that climate change is not a real thing?? If he did in fact say that, I find it sickening, not troubling, that someone in charge of this country would say something like that. Like hello, haven’t you read about the glaciers and hungry polar bears? So yeah, misinformation being given or advertised is very troubling to me!
- As a public health professional, what do you think needs the greatest attention right now?
OMG I have to pick just one thing that needs the greatest attention? I feel like I am going to pick the wrong thing but I would say that the health of our earth needs great attention. I say the earth because the land is vital to most things and if we take care of that then people and animals will be healthy as well.
- If you were visiting with a long-lost relative who had never heard about climate change, how would you describe it and its attendant human health and ecological threats?
I would describe climate change as the weather being unpredictable and off. Like it is hot out when it is supposed to be raining by now. Or climate change is because of fire smoke being the new normal. Human health is suffering because of the unpredictable atmosphere
Hi Rudi,
ReplyDeleteYou have a great point that there are misconceptions about climate change and that too many people do not seem to understand its severity. It is especially frustrating when people neglect it or don't believe it. This class has also made me see the importance of our Earth's health, as you mentioned.