Harvard to train ‘planetary healers’ – Professor Christopher Golden: ‘We see climate change as one of the most important existential threats that is affecting public health’ – Includes confronting ‘structural racism’

The Ivy League university, where freshmen need refresher courses on algebra, will now offer a concentration (fancy word for “major”) in “Climate Change and Planetary Health.”

“The idea is that we move from an understanding of planetary health to training planetary healers,” Professor Christopher Golden told The Crimson.

“We see climate change as one of the most important existential threats that is affecting public health,” the faculty co-director also told the student newspaper.

Healing the planet includes confronting “structural racism,” too.

“Students in this concentration will also learn about the health inequity born out of environmental degradation,” the Chan School of Public Health description states.