🌍 Medical Minute with Dr. Rob Gillio
World Earth Day: One Small Planet, One Shared Future

👋 Hi, I’m Dr. Rob Gillio, Chief Medical Officer for the Force for Health Network.

Today is World Earth Day — a powerful reminder that we all live on one small planet, where the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the ecosystems we depend on are connected — across borders, across oceans, and across generations.

🌱 One Small Planet, Shared by All
From the Arctic to the Amazon, from Main Street to mountain trails, we all share the same finite resources. The Earth isn’t just our home — it’s home to millions of species, including the plants, animals, and microbes that help sustain our health, our food, and our future.

The pollution of our air, water, and soil isn’t just an environmental issue — it’s a health crisis.

Contaminated water spreads disease and weakens communities.

The destruction of forests and natural habitats brings humans closer to disease vectors like mosquitoes and viruses.

🌎 Local Choices, Global Impact

Every action matters. What you plant, what you recycle, how you travel, and how you vote — these decisions ripple outward. If each of us makes healthy, eco-conscious choices in our own neighborhoods, we create a glocal effect — a local effort with global consequences.💡 Let’s take action together.

Let World Earth Day be a spark. Look around your community: plant a tree, clean a stream, reduce waste, protect the vulnerable. Because when we care for the planet, we care for ourselves — and each other.

Learn it. Live it. Share it.

I’m Dr. Rob Gillio — thanks for being a Force for Health, for Earth, and for our shared future.