The Case Western Reserve University Climate and Health Education Collaborative of Northeast Ohio creates and disseminates educational programs and curricula about the health effects of climate change in order to improve health, empower communities and train future health leaders. Education plays a central role in shaping our work across health impact, resiliency, mitigation, research, equity and advocacy.
Guiding Principles
- Foster open networks and partnerships
- Include a diversity of organizations, groups and individuals as members
- Address the existing social structures that have led to inequities in the most vulnerable, who bear the greatest burden of climate change impacts
- Design and implement programming based on the best scientific evidence
- Integrate research on the effectiveness of collaborative interventions and disseminate findings in educational programs and peer-reviewed publications
- Make decisions in a non-hierarchical manner, as peers
- Be accessible and transparent in terms of structure, and in the creation and sharing of information and resources
- Learn within and outside of formalized educational spaces, including practical training and advocacy
- Leverage best practices and implement short- and long-term solutions at the intersection of community health and climate change
Organizational Participants and Partnerships
- Case Western Reserve University
- Cleveland Clinic
- MetroHealth
- University Hospitals
- Blue CSR Strategies provides organizational and sustainability consultant support