Shanda Demorest is associate director for climate engagement and education at Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth, where she accelerates climate-smart health care delivery. A cardiovascular nurse with horticultural training, Demorest is co-founder of the Nurses Climate Challenge, a national campaign to educate 50,000 health professionals about the health impacts of climate change. She sits on the Global Climate Change Committee for the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, is a former executive board member of Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, and is a co-principal investigator of CHANT: The Climate and Health Tool, which measures health professionals’ awareness and engagement with climate change globally. Demorest has published on environmental sustainability in health care and the health impacts of climate change in local, state, and national journals.
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More than 8% of US greenhouse gas emissions originate in the health sector. Recognizing the urgency of change, almost 1,000 hospitals, industry organizations, and trade associ...