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Welcome to the University of Melbourne chapter of Doctors for the Environment Australia. JOIN or SUPPORT DEA and make a bigger difference today!

Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) is an organisation of doctors who recognise that human health and wellbeing require an environment; free of pollution, capable of providing nutritious food, rich in biodiversity, and able to provide for current and future generations sustainably.

12/10/2026

What a fabulous weekend at the Doctors for the Environment Australia iDEA 2026 conference! UniMelb DEA members were involved in the organisation and planning behind the scenes, facilitated sessions and presented at the conference. We had a fantastic time, with so much learning about important topics and connection with so many passionate and inspiring people 💚🌱

02/10/2026

Thank you so much to those who joined us for our first ever scrub cap workshop! We sewed over 25 scrub caps thanks to our awesome volunteers and attendees. Thanks for helping the planet and reducing the amount of single use scrub caps out of landfill ❤️

Special thanks to Rathdowne Fabrics & Remnants for the fabric!

St Vincent's Medical Student Sustainability Group UMMSS - The University of Melbourne Medical Students' Society

08/09/2026

Come along to the iDEA conference this year for a fantastic couple of days of sessions and meet like-minded doctors and students! 🍃 A few UniMelb DEA students are involved in the organisation of the conference, along with other students nationally. Link and more info below ⬇️⬇️

23/08/2026

St Vincent's Medical Student Sustainability Group and DEA UniMelb have teamed up to deliver our very first scrub cap workshop! 🧵🪡

Join us for a hands-on evening where you'll get to design your own scrub cap to take home. You'll be cutting and pinning your cap with guidance from our experienced sewers, so sewing experience is not required. Choose from our provided navy fabric or bring your own fabric for your chance to win a DEA-branded keep cup!

Tickets are limited, so book now + see more details on our event page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1EGjE5Hph4/

📅 Thursday 24 September
🕡 6:30pm arrival
📍 Room 5015, Level 5, The Spot Building, University of Melbourne
🎟️ Tickets $5, limited available: https://events.humanitix.com/scrub-cap-event-2026

14/07/2026

We’re excited to share our event coming up next Wednesday: a Webinar Watch Party for DEA’s After Hours webinar ‘Plastics, Endocrine Disruptors, and Health’ 🎥🌱

In the spirit of Plastic Free July, we’ll be hearing from Dr Mitch Hickson, DEA's Plastic and Waste Pollution Special Interest Group Chair and Dr Kate Wylie, DEA’s Executive Director, about the insidious impacts of plastics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals on human health. A timely discussion on a topic that challenges us to consider the environmental drivers of disease.

On Wednesday 22 July, join us for dinner from 7pm (making rice paper rolls) for a 7:30pm webinar start. Feel free to bring friends and your own snacks!

🔗 Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedQjnq61QZUOrBWNF08YiSQxJH7BKDu68D0GKoxyKH-_ZSbw/viewform

📅 DEA UniMelb watch party event page: DEA Webinar Watch Party: Plastics, Endocrine Disruptors & Health

🌐 DEA After Hours Webinar event page: WEBINAR: Plastics, Endocrine Disruptors, and Health

23/06/2026

Today we were fortunate to be joined by A/Prof Louis Irving and Dr Kate Wylie from Doctors for the Environment Australia for a panel discussion at our 2026 University of Melbourne MD Student Conference.

On the topic of 'Climate Change and the Future of Clinical Practice,' we had the opportunity to hear the perspectives of two inspiring healthcare leaders and learn more about what we can do, as future clinicians, to create a healthier and more sustainable future.

Thank you to A/Prof Irving, Dr Wylie, and our medical student organiser Eliza Fergusson for delivering such an engaging and thoughtful session.

05/06/2026

Happy ! The 2026 theme is 'Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future.' As the Earth continues to warm and threaten ecosystems and communities worldwide, we look towards nature as a vital part of our climate change response.

Pictured: Winton Wetlands (VIC).

Wetlands capture and store substantial carbon from the atmosphere. Despite their importance, they are rapidly declining worldwide. Protecting and restoring wetlands provides a powerful and cost-effective means of curbing carbon emissions and climate warming.

08/05/2026

Trivia Night with the most amazing crew 🧠 Thanks to everyone who came along!

01/05/2026

Congratulations to the PHRC team at the University of Melbourne on the successful launch of the 2025–26 Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC)! This marks Melbourne Medical School's 3rd edition 🎉

The PHRC is a global student-led initiative that evaluates health professional schools on the integration of planetary health in their education, research, and campus activities.

This year, the medical school achieved an overall score of B, placing first among participating schools in Australia. We saw an overall improvement from last year, with higher performance in key areas Curriculum and Research.

A huge thank you to the students and staff who worked on this submission, and to all whose efforts have contributed to advancements in sustainability and planetary health at MMS.

📖 Read the full report: phreportcard.org/

22/04/2026

This year's theme for Earth Day is once again 'Our Power, Our Planet.' The focus this year, however, is on power as agency—the power of community engagement and collective action to support systemic change.

Earth Day describes environmental action as 'sustained by daily actions of communities.'

In a clinical context, this extends to students and healthcare professionals. We play an important role in educating patients on climate-related health risks and advocating for sustainable healthcare and emissions reduction.

Read more at EarthDay.org

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