Healthy Thanksgiving: It’s Hot Stuff-ing
Healthy Thanksgiving: It’s Hot Stuff-ing
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Okay, so you may not have a “healthy” Thanksgiving meal, but with tips from the Green Docs it can at least be less-toxic. The food that is. The dinner conversations are on you. And you’ll have plenty of food-for-thought after listening to our interview with Ashely Ward, an expert in heat policy at Duke University, who teaches us why staying cool is a year-round job.
You’ll learn about the latest headlines including which applesauce packs to avoid over concerns about lead toxicity, new “old” techniques for mowing lawns, and can there really be a pregnant woman with twins… in two separate wombs?? Tune in for all this plus some seasonal mocktails using ginger and cranberry. You’ll be grateful you did. Thanks for listening and happy Thanksgiving.
Show links:
CDC warning about lead in cinnamon applesauce pouches:
Lambs “mowing” lawns in North Virginia:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/10/24/lawn-care-mowing-sheep-grazing/
Woman pregnant with two babies, in two separate wombs:
https://www.newser.com/story/342556/she-knew-her-uterus-was-rare-now-an-even-rarer-pregnancy.html
Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub:
https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/project/heat-policy-innovation-hub
Heating and cooling assistance for low income citizens: https://www.liheap.org
FEMA federal program for resiliency planning funds https://www.fema.gov/grants/mitigation/building-resilient-infrastructure-communities
Community block grants through the Office of Housing and Urban Development https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/cdbg
Ashley Ward’s radio show: “Climate Thursdays” https://chapelboro.com/category/news-on-the-hill-with-andrew-stuckey/climate-thursdays
Heat Index App from NOAA: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noaaweather_lite.android&pli=1
Ashley Ward
Director, Heat Policy Innovation Hub, Nicholas Institute, Duke University
Ashley is a climate-health and resilience professional. Her career has focused on engaging communities to identify and address issues related to climate change, and helping communities develop long-term, sustainable strategies relevant to their community needs. Her previous work with NOAA’s Carolinas RISA team connected rural and urban communities and policy-decision makers with relevant climate and health data, particularly related to vulnerabilities and impacts. Ashley has since continued to bridge the gap between science, data, policy, and community at Duke’s Nicholas Institute. As Director of the Heat Policy Innovation Hub, Ashley works with communities, public agencies, and policymakers to create and inform effective policy solutions to extreme heat.
Prior to her work with Duke and CISA, Ashley completed her PhD in Geography and worked with communities throughout NC on a host of issues such as local food availability and asset-based economic development strategies.
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