As part of Louisville visit, Prince Charles attends roundtable on health and the environment with health and environmental leaders
at the foot of the Big Four Bridge, an old railroad bridge recently converted
into a pedestrian bridge, at 3:07 p.m. He was accompanied by Louisville Mayor
Greg Fischer and was greeted by U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Louisville. They
ascended a stairway leading to the pedestrian ramp and had a discussion on the
ramp. Your pool could hear only snatches of conversation, but it was clear that
Fischer and Yarmuth were describing the bridge project, which links Louisville
to Jeffersonville, Ind.
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| Dr. Elliott Antman, in sunglasses, speaks as Prince Charles and other participants listen |
The group descended the ramp and
entered a plastic-and-canvas tent, joining a health-and-environment roundtable that had
been in progress for about an hour. The pool was present for introductory
remarks by the mayor and by Dr. Elliott Antman, president of the American Heart
Association, but there was no amplification and the pool was kept at such a
distance that he could not be heard clearly, and we were shuffled out after
just a few minutes. Through the opening and the clear plastic we could see that
HRH was animatedly engaged in conversation with the participants.
conversation was “about how the health care system by itself, the medical
system, is not the thing we should be concerned about in trying to be concerned
about the general health and well-being of society,” but rather how to prevent
people from entering that system, “and there are so many entities that have
role” in doing that.
Gordon Garner, former director of the Metropolitan Sewer
District and president of the Kentucky Waterways Alliance, said the broad
message of the meeting was “the linkage to both the built and natural
environment” when it comes to health. “The big message would be … the
overwhelming need we have as a society to raise our level of stewardship ..
that public awareness is way, way behind what the needs are. We’ve got to
develop some kind of stewardship commitment that we currently don’t have.”
Lambert of Humana Inc. to the participants, a copy of which your pool reporter
obtained, following are the invited participants. It could not be confirmed
whether all on the list were actually at the roundtable.
than Antman, mentioned above):
Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville
U.S. Army Surgeon General
of science and research, Propeller Health
president of research, evaluation and learning and chief science officer,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
ob/gyn and women’s health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, N.Y.
(formerly at U of L)
Kentucky Resources Council (Kentucky’s leading environmental lobbyist)
director, Institute for Healthy Air, Water and Soil; and chief of civic
innovation, Metro Louisville government
of Forestry and Environmental Studies
director, 55,000 Degrees (program aimed at expanding number of college
graduates in Louisville)
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust
director, Transit Authority of River City
deputy chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research, U of L
director, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (environmental and social justice
group)
vice president, associate health and well-being, Humana Inc.
CEO, American Lung Association of the Midland States
Louisville Metro Council
Center for Land Use and Environmental Responsibility, U of L
CEO, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
VP and chair, Louisville Sustainability Council
CEO, Propeller Health
officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Greater Louisvile Project
Contribution Inc.
Kentucky Waterways Alliance
Gen. Horoho
& Harbison law firm
Institute
manager, American Lung Association in Kentucky
science officer, American Heart Association
Norton Hospital Leatherman Spine Center