Future Physicians for the Environment

Future Physicians for the Environment is an organization focused on environmental health of our patients and our natural resources. We work to promote an awareness of environmental and sustainability issues within the medical school.

We hope to accomplish the following goals:

To work locally in cooperation with other University of Iowa organizations and departments to promote sustainability through recycling, energy conservation, and waste reduction
To provide environmental education through speakers and informational fliers
To raise awareness among medical students and faculty regarding environmental health and the impacts of pollution on patients' health
To promote behaviors that promote clean air and clean water
To participate in community actions through petitions and letters to influence environmental poilicies We hope you will join us in promoting a cleaner, greener, healthier world.

Contact: Emily Mecklenburg, M2
emily-mecklenburg@uiowa.edu

A Few Words to Live By:

We have a responsibility to look after our planet. It is our only home.
-The Dalai Lama

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
-Henry David Thoreau

Tug on anything in nature and you will find it connected to everything else.
John Muir

Whether humanity is to continue an comprehensively prosper on Spaceship Earth depends entirely on the integrity of the human individuals and not on the political and economic systems.
-Buckminster Fuller