The “Human Health, Planetary Health, and What Sustains Us” symposium will take place on Friday, March 7, 2025, 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m., in the MUB Granite State Room. 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?
Speakers include:
- 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, Practice Greenhealth/Health Care Without Harm
- Grace Kindeke, American Friends Committee
- Dr. Amanda Lynch, Lindemann Distinguished Professor, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Department of Earth, Environment and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
- Dr. Ceasar McDowell, Professor of the Practice of Civic Design, MIT
- Anthony Poore, President & CEO, NH Center for Justice & Equity
- Kurt Yuengling, Administrator, Community Engagement Specialist, NH Department of Environmental Services
Additional speaker information and the day’s schedule coming soon.
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.
