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Poll Results: Mentimeter Participant Session |  May 29, 2025 Science Café  "Too Hot to Work"— Extreme Heat & Worker Health Implications            

I am interested in learning about preventing heat risk as a … (choose all that apply)

Result of mentimeter question "I am interested in learning about preventing heat risk as a...". Two highest responses were "Concerned citizen" and "Professional supporting individuals impacted by extreme heat."

Describe one action you take to protect yourself and your community during heatwaves. 

  • Stay hydrated
  • Drink water
  • Drink a lot of water.
  • Stay inside and stay hydrated
  • Support heat respite centers
  • Stay inside
  • Appropriate clothing, drinking water, education to others
  • Drink water and remind others to drink water
  • Stay inside
  • "Make sure AC works”
  • “Spread awareness"
  • Stay inside
  • Hydration
  • Pass out frozen water bottles to unhoused neighbors.
  • Hydrate, shade, awareness
  • Drink water and less coffee
  • Share info for cooling stations
  • Drinking water
  • Stay indoors and drink lots of water
  • Recreating elsewhere in cooler places
  • Support/promote cooling centers
  • Avoid going out, stay in the shade, hydrate.
  • Not waste water
  • Go to places that are cool, staying indoors.
  • "Electrolytes, Planned breaks, Worker rotation"
  • Stay hydrated, stay indoors. Offer others water
  • Acclimate
  • Drink water
  • Wet my hair! And tell others why heat preparedness matters.
  • Stay inside
  • Keep plenty of water handy and don’t go out till later at might
  • Get up early
  • Check in on friends/family/coworkers
  • Stay hydrated. Share water w street people. Satay inside.
  • Providing free water and electrolytes
  • Hydration self and others
  • "Always carry water, Wear hat, Bandana to keep wet to wipe off face"
  • Drink water

What is one action you will take as a result of what you learned at this event? 

  • Organizing a union! Workers unite
  • Keep on keeping on
  • Buy produce products more responsibly
  • Read more about it
  • Share the film with friends and family
  • Look to buy ethically sourced produce as a consumer
  • As a student this inspires me and pushes me to want to do more. Talking to people, sharing resources, telling others about this angle of injustice.
  • Collaboration is key
  • Research more about other diseases that heat impacts
  • Help educate/inform about risk involving labor during heat events
  • Promote the film
  • Incorporate worker rights in our education materials, kidney failure education and awareness
  • Look for fair trade products
  • Farmworker campaign
  • Share film and info/
  • Educate myself about the conditions of workers in outdoor environments and advocate for better working conditions … join Jill!Acknowledge heat protections in all of my future work.
  • Think more about who is harvesting my food and their employer
  • Share the knowledge
  • Work on adding economic benefits to our studies
  • Make films
  • I am going to be more considerate of my health as I am working outside and outreach with individuals experiencing homelessness.
  • Finding sustainable resilient solutions to tackle heat stress globally and making our next gen aware by taking small steps like changing light bulbs to LED
  • Research specialized insurance products for these workers. Maybe a tax on produce that is matched by employer. Also ESG angle to this.
  • See if the documentary can be added to UA Libraries collection and Pima Community public Library collection