Cara Cook, MS, RN, AHN-BC, is working to increase awareness and promote action that addresses climate change as a health imperative among the nursing community through her role as climate change program coordinator for the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE).
We spoke with Cara, who was recently chosen as a 2017 Johnson & Johnson Global Citizen Young Health Leader, about the connection between environmentalism and nursing, and how her background as a nurse has prepared her for advocacy work.
To learn more about environmental health and how climate change impacts health, or to join ANHE, visit envirn.org. To learn more about the Johnson & Johnson partnership with Global Citizen, visit jnj.com/progress.