Healthcare Educator: Climate Change is Here, Californians Need to Take Action
Extreme becoming norm in parts of California
While many people in the Republican Party challenge the existence of climate change, Californians are already dealing with the effects. Some of those Californians were guest speakers at a recent press conference hosted by Ethnic Media Services.
Esther Bejarano, programs manager, Comite Civico del Valle Inc., is a healthcare educator who lives in El Centro in Imperial County. She talked about how extreme temperatures are forcing people to change their habits.
Bejarano said Imperial County has always been a hot place. But climate change has made it even hotter. Now the area is seeing temperatures averaging around 110. Bejarano said recently it was 100 degrees at 8 a.m.
Changing Habits
This is forcing people to change the way they live for the sake of their health. And that’s where Bejarano comes in.
