“Human Health, Planetary Health, and What Sustains Us” symposium
Friday, March 7, 2025
8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
MUB Granite State Room
The event is free and open to the public, but you must register in advance
The symposium will offer an expansive view of health and sustainability, posing questions and connections meant to inspire and interrogate ideas about what it means to cultivate a community committed to supporting health, well-being, and sustainability for all. Scientists, philosophers, and other speakers will raise and provide perspectives on critical questions including: How does the climate crisis impact human and planetary health, especially among the most vulnerable populations? What are some of the perspectives, ideas, and solutions we need to ensure health, well-being, and sustainability for all, now and into the future?
"Human Health, Planetary Health, and What Sustains Us"
Saul O Sidore Memorial Lecture Symposium
Friday, March 7, 2025
Granite State Room
Agenda subject to change
8:30 Welcome remarks
8:50 Keynote address: Dr. Amanda Lynch, Lindemann Distinguished Professor, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Department of Earth, Environment and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
9:20 Q&A
9:30 Table talk
9:50 Break
10:10 Plenary Discussion: How does the climate crisis impact human and planetary health nationally and internationally, especially among the most vulnerable populations? What are some of the perspectives, ideas, and solutions we need to ensure health, wellbeing, and sustainability for all, now and into the future?
- Dr. Suellen Breakey: Director of the Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health and a Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at MGH Institute of Health Professions
- Dr. Susan Clayton: Whitmore-Williams Professor and Department Chair of Psychology, The College of Wooster
- Stacia Clinton, RDN, LDN: Practice Greenhealth/Health Care Without Harm
- Dr. Ceasar McDowell: Professor of the Practice of Civic Design at MIT
- Facilitated by Dr. Semra Aytur, Professor of Health Science and Management, University of New Hampshire
11:20 Q&A
11:30 Table talk
11:50 Lunch (on your own or order a box lunch when you register)
1:00 Introduction to afternoon session
1:15 Plenary Discussion: How does the climate crisis impact human and planetary health, especially among the most vulnerable populations, here in New Hampshire and New England? What are some of the perspectives, ideas, and solutions we need to ensure health, wellbeing, and sustainability for all, now and into the future?
- Grace Kindeke, American Friends Committee
- Anthony Poore, President & CEO, NH Center for Justice & Equity
- Kurt Yuengling, Administrator, Community Engagement Specialist, NH Department of Environmental Services
2:20 Q&A
2:30 Table talk
2:50 Closing remarks
3:00 Adjourn
The Saul O Sidore Memorial Lecture Series was established in 1965 in memory of Saul O Sidore of Manchester, New Hampshire. The purpose of the series is to offer the University community and the state of New Hampshire programs that raise critical and sometimes controversial issues facing our society. The University of New Hampshire Center for the Humanities sponsors the programs. Lectures are free and open to the public.
