ABSTRACT

This chapter argues for social workers to think more broadly as green social workers, acquire knowledge traditionally not taught in social work curricula, and become involved in transdisciplinary research and practice locally, nationally, and globally. Susan A. Taylor highlights that in 2009, the Social Science Workgroup of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration argued for social scientists' involvement in interdisciplinary research on ocean environments. Green social workers should be involved in the discussions to make their own unique contributions to identifying and resolving issues with their feet embedded in community consciousness-raising and problem-solving. Any public health taxonomy includes levels of investigation across social and physical determinants of health. The One Health lens is a developing model that investigates environmental and health determinants at intersections with medicine, veterinary science, and public health. Investigating through a social epidemiological lens, health vulnerability, interventions, and assessment frameworks must deal with the very real impacts of climate change.