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This session will provide Practice Greenhealth partners with a forum to share their experiences developing the elements of effective sustainability governance. Facilitators will guide participants through discussions focused on key processes, such as how to use stakeholder mapping to inform sustainability program structures and strategies to build trust with stakeholders from a system-level perspective.
---This event is part of the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series. To get the most out of this series, we strongly suggest that if you attend an introductory session held early in… Read More
Type: Event
This session will provide Practice Greenhealth partners with a forum to share their experiences developing the elements of effective sustainability governance. Facilitators will guide participants through discussions focused on key processes, such as how to use stakeholder mapping to inform sustainability program structures and strategies to build trust with stakeholders from a system-level perspective.
---This event is part of the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series. To get the most out of this series, we strongly suggest that if you attend an introductory session held early in… Read More
Type: Event
This session will provide Practice Greenhealth partners with a forum to share their experiences developing the elements of effective sustainability governance. Facilitators will guide participants through discussions focused on key processes, such as how to use stakeholder mapping to inform sustainability program structures and strategies to build trust with stakeholders from a system-level perspective.
---This event is part of the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series. To get the most out of this series, we strongly suggest that if you attend an introductory session held early in… Read More
Type: Event
What is sustainability data?
Sustainability data focuses on resource utilization, including how much energy, water, materials, and waste are you using or generating, how much time you are allocating to your efforts, and how much money you are saving or spending on those efforts.
Why do we need to collect data?
By collecting and analyzing data on a wide range of sustainability-related factors – including energy and resource use, greenhouse gas emissions, and supply chain performance – hospitals will generate the deep insights they need to guide their sustainability-related initiatives and… Read More
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Sanskrithi lives in Hyderabad, South India, and holds an MBA in sustainable development and management from Nalanda University. As a sustainability consultant, her most recent projects include carbon management, audits, and reporting, and she has worked on both academic and corporate sustainability projects. She worked as a climate researcher for a Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit project, focusing on understanding agriculture and climate adaptation in Germany and India. In her free time, she writes for newspapers on climate change topics and volunteers teaching STEM to… Read More
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Maxie brings more than seven 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, integrating her various fields of expertise to nurture systems change to build a safe and equitable future that fosters prosperous, healthy, and thriving communities. She is a certified health coach, a restorative justice practices facilitator, and holds a Master of Science in physiology and biophysics with a focus on integrative medicine and health from Georgetown… Read More
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Eric Lerner, US Climate Director, Health Care Without Harm
During the recent COP21 climate negotiations in Paris, France, Dignity Health announced it is divesting from thermal coal companies, expanding sustainable investments, increasing its use of renewable energy, and reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Read more about this moral leadership action.
This announcement stands as one of the most significant moments in the climate and health movement this year. Every health system and clinician that is concerned about the health impacts of climate change should take notice. Here’s why:… Read More
Type: Press
Background
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration illustrates that buildings are responsible for almost half of the energy consumed and 38 percent of all GHG emissions in the United States. According to the EPA, inpatient health care ranks as the second largest commercial energy user after the food service industry. The US Department of Energy notes that hospital energy costs rose 56 percent from $3.89 per square foot in 2003 to $6.07 per square foot in 2008, and predicts those costs will continue to rise in the near term[i]. Hospitals are also often the largest water users in… Read More
Type: Resources
Solid waste is the largest waste stream for health care organizations, comprising two-thirds of all hospital waste. Though relatively straightforward to dispose of, the sheer volume of solid waste consumes more than 30 percent of the hospital’s total waste budget. It is also often called municipal, black bag, clear bag, or non-regulated medical waste.
Solid waste from hospitals resembles the waste generated in other sectors or even from residential neighborhoods: paper, cardboard, food waste, textiles, plastics, and other non-regulated trash, but with more plastic from gloves, catheter bags… Read More
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The Emerging Physician Leader Award, established by the Health Care Without Harm Physician Network in 2018, recognizes medical students, residents, and fellows who have demonstrated a passion for sustainable health care or a commitment to climate and health leadership. Awardees receive complimentary registration to CleanMed 2022 and a grant to support a project that aligns with the goals of the Physician Network.
This year, four of our Emerging Physician Leaders were selected as inaugural fellows for the new Blair and Georgia Sadler Fellowship at Health Care Without Harm, which was created… Read More
Type: Press
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