EarthMedic

What EarthMedic does

EarthMedic is a Trinidad and Tobago-based global non-profit organisation founded in 2020 by Dr C James Hospedales, the inaugural Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). It operates alongside the affiliated EarthNurse Foundation for Planetary Health and targets climate-vulnerable Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), with 30+ countries and territories, framing non-communicable diseases and climate change as twin, interconnected planetary-health priorities. Its core offerings are the CME-accredited Caribbean Climate and Health Responders Course (US$49 per participant for CME credits routed through the Trinidad and Tobago Medical Association and paid via Caribbean Health & Education Foundation), the Practical Climate Action for Caribbean Health Professionals how-to series, and the Caribbean Community of Practice on Climate Resilience and Public Health — a collaborative network for clinicians, environmental health officers, researchers and community leaders.

The underlying technology is modest: digital course delivery over Columbia University's Zoom platform, online registration and payment processing through Caribbean Health & Education Foundation, a website (earthmedic.com) hosting publications and weekly newspaper columns, and social media channels (Facebook, YouTube). The Community of Practice is a virtual convening and content-distribution layer rather than a heavy software platform. Products are complemented by the EarthMedic Pledge initiative, peer-reviewed publications and a Research Agenda for Climate Action in the Caribbean, with the most recent output being a co-authored PAHO policy brief dated September 2025.

EarthMedic's revenue mechanics combine a small fee stream (CME credits at US$49 per participant, paid as-you-go) with donations and grants channelled through multilateral partners such as UK FCDO (via the PAHO Smart Hospital programme) and academic institutions including Yale, Columbia, Emory and UWI Mona. The go-to-market motion is community-led: awareness through newspaper columns and social media, engagement via courses, workshops and the Community of Practice, and institutional reach through a 25+ partner ecosystem spanning PAHO, CARPHA, NOAA, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Health Care Without Harm and others. The 7-person organisation operates from Trinidad and Tobago with explicit global ambitions, including participation in the SIDS4 UN Conference (May 2024) and a hybrid digital/in-person model demonstrated by the February 2025 EarthMedic Health Fair.

Name

EarthMedic

Legal name

Earth Medic

Website

https://earthmedic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

EarthMedic is a Trinidad and Tobago-based global non-profit that delivers CME-accredited climate-and-health courses, a Caribbean Community of Practice, and policy publications for healthcare professionals serving climate-vulnerable Caribbean Small Island Developing States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Education and Training

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Resilience & Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) (BPAGABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Policy, Governance & NDC Support (BPADALAA), Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ), Environmental, Health & Safety / Sustainability (EHS, Environmental Compliance CE) (EDAAALAO)

Keywords

• Climate health education
• Public health training
• Planetary health
• Continuing medical education
• Caribbean health initiatives

Headquarters

HQ city

Trinidad

HQ country

Trinidad & Tobago

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. CME Credit Fees: EarthMedic offers Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for their Caribbean Climate and Health Responders course, provided through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education via the Trinidad and Tobago Medical Association. Participants pay a fee of US$49.00 to receive credit, with payment facilitated by their partner Caribbean Health & Education Foundation.
2. Donations and Grants: As a nonprofit organization, EarthMedic likely relies on grants, donations, and partnerships to fund operations. The organization works with various international partners and development agencies on climate and health initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EarthMedic is a global non-profit organization that delivers climate and health education, CME-accredited training courses, and a collaborative Community of Practice platform for healthcare professionals in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Its core offerings include the Caribbean Climate and Health Responders Course, the Practical Climate Action how-to series, and the Caribbean Community of Practice on Climate Resilience and Public Health, supported by research publications and the EarthMedic Pledge initiative.

Product overview

EarthMedic and EarthNurse Foundation for Planetary Health is a global non-profit organization offering a portfolio of educational programs and collaborative platforms focused on climate change and health. The core offerings include the Caribbean Climate and Health Responders Course (offering CME credits), the Practical Climate Action series for health professionals, and the Caribbean Community of Practice platform for cross-sector collaboration. The organization also produces publications including research agendas and policy briefs, and runs engagement initiatives like the EarthMedic Pledge. These offerings work together to build capacity among health professionals and communities in climate-vulnerable regions, primarily the Caribbean SIDS.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Caribbean Climate and Health Responders Course A training course providing CME credits for Caribbean health professionals on climate and health topics, covering topics such as climate-sensitive diseases, disaster preparedness, and health system resilience. Participants pay US$49.00 for CME credit, processed through the Caribbean Health & Education Foundation.
• Practical Climate Action for Caribbean Health Professionals: A How-To Series An online course series teaching practical climate action skills for Caribbean health professionals, focused on translating climate-health knowledge into actionable practice in the Caribbean SIDS context.
• Caribbean Community of Practice on Climate Resilience and Public Health A collaborative network platform connecting professionals, institutions, and community leaders across the Caribbean to address climate change and public health intersections through knowledge exchange, capacity building, joint research, and policy dialogue.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50+ smart health facilities retrofitted across Caribbean through PAHO Smart Hospital programme that EarthMedic supports with training courses
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPAHO is a key strategic partner in climate and health initiatives. EarthMedic collaborates with PAHO's Smart Hospitals programme and participates in climate-smart health facilities side events. PAHO provides technical guidance and international coordination for climate-health policy in Caribbean SIDS.
• Yale UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerYale University is featured as a partner organization, suggesting collaboration on climate change research, education, and public health initiatives.
• Emory UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmory University is listed as a partner, indicating potential collaboration on climate-health research and educational programming.
• Columbia UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerColumbia University hosts the registration platform for the Caribbean Climate and Health Responders Course via Zoom, providing critical infrastructure for course delivery to Caribbean participants.
• University of the West Indies (UWI Mona)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUWI Mona is a key academic partner, collaborating on climate change and health research, monitoring of NCD indicators, and evaluation of regional health policies.
• NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)coreTechnology or IntegrationNOAA provides climate data and scientific expertise supporting EarthMedic's climate-health initiatives in the Caribbean region.
• Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarthMedic's founder Dr. James Hospedales is former Executive Director of CARPHA. The organizations collaborate on climate change and health in the Caribbean, with CARPHA leading 24 member countries on regional public health initiatives.
• Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCCCC works with CARPHA on climate change initiatives. EarthMedic collaborates on addressing environmental determinants of health and climate resilience.
• Trinidad and Tobago Medical AssociationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Medical Association provides CME accreditation for EarthMedic's Caribbean Climate and Health Responders Course through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
• Caribbean Health & Education Foundation (CHEF)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCHEF facilitates payment processing for CME credit fees (US$49.00), providing a secure platform for course registration and payment collection.
• College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOSTAATT partners with EarthMedic to raise awareness for environmental and health issues and develop AI and digital skills training for youth in climate and health.
• Health Care Without Harm (HCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHCC is an international NGO working to transform healthcare worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint and becomes a community anchor for public health and ecological sustainability.
• Climate JusticeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate Justice organization is listed as a partner, suggesting collaboration on climate advocacy and environmental justice initiatives.
• Greener PracticeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreener Practice supports sustainable healthcare practices and is listed as a partner organization.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Health Care Without Harm: Global NGO transforming healthcare to reduce its environmental footprint and serve as a community anchor for sustainability. Direct peer to EarthMedic: both operate at the intersection of climate/environmental sustainability and public health, and Health Care Without Harm is already a listed EarthMedic partner.
• Global Climate and Health Alliance: International alliance of health professional organizations advocating on climate and health. Direct peer to EarthMedic: both work on climate-health professional engagement, policy advocacy, and cross-sector collaboration, though GCHA operates at a broader global level rather than Caribbean-specific.
• Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health: US-based consortium of medical societies engaging physicians on climate change and health. Direct peer to EarthMedic: both focus on mobilizing health professionals as climate advocates and educators through professional society networks and CME-aligned activities.
• Centre for Sustainable Healthcare: UK-based charity advancing sustainable practices within healthcare systems. Direct peer to EarthMedic: both deliver training, education, and resources to embed climate and sustainability into healthcare professional practice, though Centre for Sustainable Healthcare focuses on the UK health system.
• Nurses Climate Challenge: Campaign mobilizing nurses to educate communities and colleagues about climate and health. Direct peer to EarthMedic: both target nursing/healthcare workforces with climate education and outreach, and Nurses Climate Challenge operates a similar grassroots professional-engagement model to EarthNurse.
• Defeat-NCD Partnership: UN-hosted public-private partnership addressing non-communicable diseases in low-resource settings. Direct peer to EarthMedic: both focus on the NCD–climate nexus, share the same founder (Dr. Hospedales is Director of the Defeat-NCD Partnership), and operate globally with low-resource country partners.

Broad incumbents

• Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA): Regional public health agency serving 24 Caribbean member states on shared health priorities including climate and health. Direct institutional counterpart to EarthMedic's mission and the organization where EarthMedic's founder previously served as inaugural Executive Director.
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Regional WHO office for the Americas, leading public health policy and programs across the Caribbean and Latin America. Broad incumbent peer to EarthMedic: PAHO operates the Smart Hospitals program in the Caribbean, in which EarthMedic delivers training, and dominates the regional policy infrastructure EarthMedic seeks to influence.

Regional players

• Climate and Health Alliance (Australia): Australia and Pacific-based alliance of health organizations focused on climate change and health. Regional peer to EarthMedic: both serve climate-vulnerable small-island geographies (Pacific SIDS for CAHA, Caribbean SIDS for EarthMedic) and use professional-network and policy-advocacy models.

Others

• Wellcome Trust: Major global philanthropic foundation funding climate-health research and action, including through the Wellcome Climate Impacts Awards. Adjacent peer to EarthMedic: not a direct competitor, but a representative climate-health funder whose funding priorities shape the demand environment for organizations like EarthMedic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@earthmedic
• Facebookfacebook.com/earth.medic.fb

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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