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Greenhealth Partner for Change Awards scoring resource
The Greenhealth Partner for Change Awards scoring resource offers an overview of the way Practice Greenhealth scores award applications within the Environmental Excellence Awards system.
Adding in details, stories, images and attachments can impact the quality score of the application. This is a great way for applicants to separate themselves and highlight their facility's program.
What's new in 2019
The what's new in 2019 presentation is a snapshot of updates to questions on each of the award application pages for the 2019 Practice… Read More
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This climate and health toolkit is designed to help environmental leads introduce a new framing of climate and health to their community benefit colleagues. It introduces tools and resources to help community benefit staff identify climate-related health risks in their communities, current projects that have climate co-benefits, and how to integrate climate and health into the community health needs assessment process.
Type: Toolkit
(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center used education to reduce GHG emissions from anesthesia, saving more than $22k for the organization.
Type: Resources
(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Check out the engagement strategy UW Health developed to reduce GHG emissions from anesthesia and save more than $240k annually.
Type: Resources
(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Check out the poster William S. Middleton Veterans Memorial Hospital used to educate staff and share financial savings and GHG reduction success.
Type: Resources
(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Check out this hospital highlight: William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital reduced GHG emissions from anesthetic gases by 65 percent and saved $11,000.
Type: Resources
Ruth coordinates waste work for the global team and contributes to projects on plastics, procurement, chemicals, and climate. She has worked in over 40 countries, investigating hazardous waste, fixing hospital waste systems, and advising on pollution prevention policies. Her background is in biochemistry and chemistry, followed by over 15 years in academia researching environmental pollution. When she is not traveling, she loves growing fruit, flowers, and vegetables.
Type: Staff
Betsy is committed to creating sustainable food systems to improve community health and build local economies. Her experience includes research, policy and advocacy, nonprofit operations, and financial management. Betsy holds a Bachelor of Arts in geography and environmental Studies and a Master of Public Administration.
Type: Staff
Amber brings over 15 years of experience working on food, climate, and health issues. In her current role, she works to improve health equity through sustainable food systems development. In previous roles, Amber gained valuable perspective working at hospitals, community-based organizations, a public health department, and a medical school. She is a registered dietitian and received her master's degree in food policy and applied nutrition from the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition.
Type: Staff
(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Use this checklist to assess current practices and track implementation of strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from anesthetic gases. Strategies apply to anesthesia care by clinicians, as well as engineering, facilities, pharmacy, EVS, supply chain, and other key stakeholders.
Type: Resources
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