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Natalie Baker is a medical student at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Born and raised in Northern California, she completed her undergraduate education at Stanford University, where she witnessed the devastating health impacts of wildfire and heat on Bay Area communities and began organizing around climate change and health equity. During medical school, Baker has taken on numerous leadership roles in climate and health advocacy, including spearheading the development of a four-year longitudinal, competency-based climate change, environmental, and health curriculum at HMS and serving as… Read More
Type: Staff
Hospitals across California are required to be in compliance with the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery organic waste reduction mandates.
California has implemented several regulations to increase the diversion of organic materials away from landfills and toward the production of value-added products like compost, fertilizers, and biofuels.
California disposes approximately 30 million tons of waste in landfills each year, and more than 30% of the state’s waste could be used for compost or mulch. Organic waste (including green and food materials) is recyclable through… Read More
Type: Resources
Long commutes. Congested roads. No available parking. These are familiar headaches for staff, patients, and administration at almost every hospital and health care facility, including St. John’s Medical and Living Center in Jackson, Wyo. A parking space there costs $10,000 per year to manage and maintain. Instead of building additional parking spaces, the hospital chose instead to pay their employees to “liberate their parking space” from May through September 2018.
“We set a goal to reduce the employee drive-alone rate 3% over the summer months,” explains Lisa Smith, the facility's… Read More
Type: Press
Based in London, Jo brings more than 15 years of experience in global health, international development, and government communications, with a strong focus on advocacy, media engagement, and strategic storytelling. Previously, Jo was director of communications at United for Global Mental Health, where she led campaigns that helped grow the world’s largest mental health advocacy network and positioned mental health prominently in global policy conversations. She is passionate about using communications to support collaboration, influence policy, and drive meaningful change in health, climate,… Read More
Type: Staff
Maxie (she/her) brings 7+ years of experience in human health, academic research, coalition building, advocacy, and community organizing for climate action, social justice, and environmental health. She is a passionate weaver that integrates her various fields of expertise to nurture systems change to build a safe and equitable future that fosters prosperous, healthful, and thriving communities. She is a Certified Health Coach, and a Restorative Justice Practices facilitator, and holds a Master of Science in Physiology and Biophysics with a focus on Integrative Medicine and Health from… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
(Transportation toolkit) Hospitals and health systems are in a position to reduce the environmental and community health impacts of hospital-related transportation. Building an infrastructure of EV charging stations at employer workplaces can serve to reduce the amount of petroleum used for transportation and support and improve community health.
Among strategies to reduce the public health impacts of current transportation, practices are the installation of public, employee, and fleet vehicle EV charging stations.
Type: Resources
(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) This climate health summary tool is an Excel workbook designed to help health planning staff and community members develop quantitative indicators of the likely health impacts of climate change in their local area. These impacts are driven by rising temperatures, air pollution changes, more severe weather, and increased ticks and vectors related to changing habitats. Health consequences with disproportionate affects on vulnerable populations are also highlighted. The tool gives users a relatively easy and self-contained… Read More
Type: Resources
(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) This climate health summary tool is an Excel workbook designed to help health planning staff and community members develop quantitative indicators of the likely health impacts of climate change in their local area. These impacts are driven by rising temperatures, air pollution changes, more severe weather, and increased ticks and vectors related to changing habitats. Health consequences with disproportionate affects on vulnerable populations are also highlighted. The tool gives users a relatively easy and self-contained approach to… Read More
Type: Resources
(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) (Catholic Health Association) Can community benefit programs that improve health also have a positive impact on climate change and the environment? The answer can be yes.
Type: Resources
Adele Houghton, FAIA, DrPH, LEED AP, is President of Biositu, LLC, where she works at the intersection of buildings, public health, and climate change. She is a member of the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows and received a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she also teaches. Her book Architectural Epidemiology (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025), co-authored with Professor Carlos Castillo-Salgado of Johns Hopkins University, proposes a novel method for architectural design: combining neighborhood-scale… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
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