Women for a Healthy Environment is a non-profit environmental health organization that educates residents about public health risks and addresses environmental toxins in the built environment.
WHE’s main program areas – Healthy Homes, Healthy Schools, Healthy Early Learning Centers, and Health Policy – empower individuals to protect themselves, their families, and advocate for systems change.
Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) educates individuals about environmental risks to human health, provides action steps communities can take to mitigate those risks and advocates for solutions that better protect the region. We serve parents, students/children, school and early learning personnel, health and community-based organizations, with an emphasis on those living in underserved communities.
Making a positive changes is entirely within our reach. We provide free programming, technical assistance and resources to community members, providing a solutions-based approach to addressing environmental exposures.
Become informed on environmental issues affecting our health and the health of those we care about.
The United Nations defines climate change as the long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.
A child’s zip code must never determine their health outcome. This core belief – that no matter where children live and learn, they should have
As we close out June as National Healthy Homes Month, we are taking some time to recognize the decades long environmental health issue of lead
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