We humans are intimately connected in ways both visible and invisible to the natural world of which we are a part. What happens around us is always affecting what’s happening inside us. As our climate and weather patterns change, our bodies respond or react to these changes.

Please join the Cook Memorial Library and the Chocorua Lake Conservancy live via Zoom on Tuesday, February 7, at 7PM for “Climate Health Roadshow,” a presentation by retired cardiologist Bob Dewey, co-chair of the Speakers’ Bureau at NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action. Part of NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action’s mission is to educate other healthcare workers and the public about the very serious health effects of climate change. Bob will share climate science basics and discuss the health effects of climate change and the health risks posed by climate change-related phenomena including extreme heat, pollen and allergens, air pollution, extreme weather events, and vector-borne diseases. He will also discuss climate and clean energy solutions, and actions we can take as individuals. His presentation will be followed by a Q&A.

This free program is part of the CML/CLC series “Climate & Community.” Please register in advance below. You will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation email. 

Bob Dewey is a retired Interventional Cardiologist who practiced for 30 years at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH. While caring for complex cardiac patients, he witnessed how extreme heat and poor air quality would complicate these patients’ care. Bob has been a community volunteer and is past president and a long-standing board member of the NH affiliate of the American Heart Association. As a local and state-wide environmental activist, he has had a special interest in maintaining green space and protecting our local forests. Bob and his family have spent a great deal of time hiking in the white mountains, and he is eager to help preserve this legacy for his grandchildren.