EPA Children’s Health Month Webinar: Environmentally Healthy & Resilient Learning Spaces

Webinar
Maya and Ilas, 4- and 5-year-old girls, had to leave their home behind, after it got destroyed following a airstrike that fell nearby. "When the missile hit the house next to us, all the glass shattered, and dust was everywhere. We ran to the corner, hugged each other, and started crying." Photo taken on Thursday, 03 October 2024, in a shelter in Beirut. Photo credit: Fouad Choufany

Join the U.S. EPA for a discussion about children’s environmental health in schools. Learn about how children’s health and the school environment affects attendance and academic performance; how a changing climate impacts school facilities and the children and staff in them; and what schools can do to ensure safe, healthy, and resilient learning spaces.

Speakers:
 

  • Claire L. Barnett, MBA – Executive Director, Healthy Schools Network
  • Carl T. Thurnau – Professional Engineer; past Director of the Office of Facilities Planning for the New York State Education Department and past Director of Facilities for the City School District of the City of New Rochelle, New York
Location
Online

Date(s)

Time

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2024-10-09T21:00:00 - 2024-10-09T22:00:00