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Harry Runs for the Planet - and the People on it
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On October 12th, I'm going to run in the Melbourne Marathon Festival to raise funds for Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), a national association of doctors and medical students dedicated to addressing the environmental determinants of health.
Climate change is a health emergency, already causing 400,000 deaths a year through famine, flooding, spread of infectious disease, heat-related illness and other mechanisms - and if we don't turn things around, these damages are going to increase exponentially and catastrophically.
As advocates for health, doctors are well placed to call for climate action - but like all volunteer organisations, DEA relies on donations to do its good work.
They, and this planet, need your support. To demonstrate that need, I'm going to run 21km. As I write this (September 19th), the farthest I've ever run in my life is 5km.
But I think quadrupling my record in the next 3 weeks, and acting now to create a climate-safe future, are both possible.
If you like the sound of this, chip in what you can. I appreciate your support :)
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Doctors for the Environment Australia Inc
Doctors for the Environment Australia is a voluntary organisation of medical doctors and students in all states and territories of Australia. We work to address the diseases – local, national and global – caused by damage to the earth’s environment. For example, climate change will bring to Australia an increased burden of heat stroke, injury from fire and storm, infectious diseases and social disruption and mental illness; whilst in the developing world it will bring famine and water shortage.
The medical profession has a proud record of service to the community. This record not only includes personal clinical care, but also involvement in global issues that threaten the future of humanity. We aim to use our scientific and medical skills to educate governments and industry, the public and our colleagues by developing educational materials such as Policies and Posters and by direct contact, in the endeavour to highlight the medical importance of our natural environment. To our patients we try to provide a role model in the care of the environment for this is part of a preventative health ethos.
To find out more about the work we do visit our website www.dea.org.au