Human health, ultimately, is not separable from the health of the environment. While food makes a vital link between humans and the environment, it is not the only connection. The relationship between the public’s health and the state of the environment is more apparent now than ever before --- from diseases caused by toxic chemicals, air and water pollution to less direct effects of the forms of our built communities on our well being.

The Living for the Future Program aims to broaden the education of public health students and professionals to include areas of knowledge, such as conservation of non-renewable resources, preservation of biodiversity, and prevention of environment degradation, that will, increasingly, become front-and-center public health problems. We do this with the partnerships we create, the activities we host and the research we support to help answer important questions related to living sustainably.