Ms. Elizabeth Joseph is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner and an Educator working at one of the largest hospitals (Jackson Health System-JHS) in Florida for 30 years. She is also the coordinator for Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) at JHS. Ms. Joseph’s commitment to global health began in 1996 when she served as an intern with the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Her interest in the impact of climate change on society led her attaining a certificate in Environmental Policy and International Sustainable Development from Harvard University in 2019. As Chair of the JHS Climate Committee, her focus on a healthy environment led to several changes and initiatives at JHS hospital. She has worked on several climate-focused projects including a large-scale decarbonization projects for her hospital, increased recycling/reprocessing, decreased regulated medical waste, comprehensive building resilience plan, decreased anesthetic gases in the OR, decreased Styrofoam use in the cafeteria, instituted EV charging stations, and use of 100% green cleaning materials. Through her efforts along with the Climate committee, JHS won the Environmental Excellence Award in 2021, 2022, and 2023, 2024. She is also the co-chair for the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) Practice Forum. ANHE is the only national nursing organization focused solely on the intersection of health and the environment. Elizabeth is passionate about educating communities about the intersections of planetary and human health and hopes to create systemic changes that inspire everyone to honor and advocate for the sustainability of our planet. She has provided planetary health and environmental justice guest lectures and talks at hospitals, academic institutions, webinars, and conferences nationally and internationally. Ms. Joseph has volunteered in Haiti on three separate occasions after the 2010 earthquake and has contributed over 1000 hours of her time to develop nursing content and training guidelines for staff and administration at Bernard Mev hospital, Port O Prince, Haiti. She has also volunteered her services with Konbit Sante a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization formed to support the development of a sustainable healthcare system in Haiti. She always felt attached and compelled by the health inequalities within indigenous communities, which led her to conduct on-site research in five continents. She has also done several presentations on the topic of Environmental Justice and the effects of Climate change on Vulnerable Population including a presentation to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She is also a certified yoga instructor, who continues to volunteer her services teaching yoga to Health Care Professionals and other institutions.