Tennessee Voices, Episode 254: Reed Omary, Nashville radiologist on climate change resolutions
Climate change solutions do not involve policy decisions from governments alone. Individuals matter too.
One person's actions combined with the collective will can go a long way to create a more sustainable planet.
A citizen does not need to be a climate scientist to act. In a recent guest essay, Dr. Reed Omary, a radiologist in Nashville, wrote that he was making climate action his resolution for 2022.
On this episode of the Tennessee Voices podcast, he expounded upon his essay and also talked about using the power of storytelling as a more effective tool than simply regurgitating numbers to make the case for others to act as well.
In his essay, he wrote about a "health care starter pack" with three ways to address the climate crisis:
Educate others
Keep asking questions
Embed in daily management practices
If Americans are going to address and challenge misinformation, we need to be able to connect and respond to each other's concerns and misgivings.
An important point for Omary is that the state of the planet is connected to the overall health of individual patients and whole populations.
His 2022 resolution is another way for him to heal others.
Op-Ed by Reed Omary: As a medical doctor, this is how I’m making climate action my 2022 resolution| Opinion
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This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Tennessee Voices: Reed Omary's resolutions on solving climate crisis
