Climate change and how it will impact your health is confusing. The Why Climate podcast aims to make it clearer. We are going to look at how protecting the planet isn’t just good for the health of the planet, but how it can help improve your health. Each quick episode gives you the what, why, and how on various climate change topics and how they affect your health. Giving you the information you need to make informed decisions about climate change and the steps you can take to limit your contribution to it while improving your health along the way. Listen on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Climate change and how it will impact your health is confusing. The Why Climate podcast aims to make it clearer. We are going to look at how protecting the planet isn’t just good for the health of the planet, but how it can help improve your health. Each quick episode gives you the what, why, and how on various climate change topics and how they affect your health. Giving you the information you need to make informed decisions about climate change and the steps you can take to limit your contribution to it while improving your health along the way. Listen on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
On Episode 4 of the Why Climate Podcast we are talking to Dr. Michael Mehta.
Dr. Mehta is a Professor of Environment, Culture, and Society at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.
He is an environmental social scientist who specializes in science, technology and society with a focus on environmental and health risk issues, and he focuses on air pollution and solar energy.
Dr. Mehta was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Thompson Rivers University, Principal of Richardson College for the Environment at the University of Winnipeg, Executive Director of the Population Research Laboratory at the University of Alberta, and Chair of a program on the social, ethical, political and legal impacts of biotechnology at the University of Saskatchewan.
He set up Canada's first Purple Air network of PM2.5 monitors with more than 50 across British Columbia, and has decades of experience in renewable energy and nuclear safety. He led development of Canada's first solar sidewalk system called the Solar Compass, and owned a solar energy company and started a solar non-profit that completed 100+ solar arrays in the province.
He sat on the Board of Directors of SaskPower, SaskPower International, NorthPoint Energy Solutions, and the national Board of Canadian Blood Services.
He has published more than 60 articles, five books, and has received numerous awards including Health Canada's Chief Scientist Distinguished Lecturer and the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal to name a couple.
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Climate change and how it will impact your health is confusing. The Why Climate podcast aims to make it clearer. We are going to look at how protecting the planet isn’t just good for the health of the planet, but how it can help improve your health. Each quick episode gives you the what, why, and how on various climate change topics and how they affect your health. Giving you the information you need to make informed decisions about climate change and the steps you can take to limit your contribution to it while improving your health along the way. Listen on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
