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Hospital and health system sustainability professionals from across the upper Midwest (primarily IL, IN MI, MN, OH, WI) share region-specific experiences and tips where climate, natural resources, and auto and agriculture industries may present barriers and opportunities to innovation and impact.

Target audience: Sustainability leads and other personnel located in the Great Lakes region mentioned above

Level: All (Beginners to advanced)

 

Matt Pietro Facilitator:
Matthew Pietro
Contact: mpietro@practicegreenhealth.org

“I really enjoyed the personal connection between cohort peers, a lot of the time my sustainability job is a lonely one.”
– Cohort participant

A dozen hospitals from across the Great Lakes region meet quarterly to grow their network. Below are some of the facilities represented in the cohort:

  • Advocate Aurora Health
  • Allina Health System
  • Aspirus 
  • HealthPartners
  • IU Health
  • Mayo Clinic Health System
  • Michigan Medicine
  • Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
  • OSF Healthcare 
  • Rush University Medical Center
  • Spectrum Health
  • SSM Health 
  • UW (University of Wisconsin) Health

 

2024 Schedule

February 9, 2024 11:00 AM EST

Advancing health professional sustainability leadership in the Great Lakes region

Discussion questions:

  1. Does your facility or system currently have a clinical/medical director of sustainability or equivalent? 
  2. How have you engaged health professional leadership in your sustainability efforts? 
  3. What local or regional resources have you utilized to engage health professionals in sustainability work?
August 9, 2024 11:00 AM EST

Climate resilience planning

Through this session, we will share tactics to advocate for the importance of climate resilience planning, and identify unique challenges and opportunities for Great Lakes regional hospitals.

Discussion questions:

  1. What climate change impacts are you witnessing or anticipating in your region?
  2. How does climate resilience planning factor into public climate commitments?
  3. What stage is your organization at in developing a climate resilience plan, from not working on this at all to establishing a formal, public-facing plan?
December 13, 2024 11:00 AM EST

Regional networking with your Practice Greenhealth peers

This quarter's cohort session has been expanded to include partners from across the network. Join us in connecting with regional partners and learn new strategies for timely issues you might be facing.

Discussion questions:

  1. Taking a participant-centered approach, what topics would you like to discuss now and in 2025? Would you like to lead the facilitation of any of these topics? 
  2. What frequency would you like to meet in 2025 (monthly, quarterly, or other)? 
  3. To help explore this new format and make it valuable to Practice Greenhealth partners, what would success look like? 

 

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