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Educate your patrons about how a plant-forward diet supports the environment with these fun and engaging resources.
An infographic (two design options below) illustrates the benefits of choosing a plant-forward meal and can be used to educate and reinforce patrons' good feelings after purchasing climate-friendly food.
A consumer-facing webpage practicegreenhealth.org/plantforwardpower displays the infographic (along with some fun facts), and you can direct your patrons to it using our matching printable teaser posters (two design options below) that features a QR code.
Type: Resources
Plant Powered 30 is a 30-day challenge to inspire your employees to choose a plant-forward meal once per day (and hopefully more!). Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth have created all the promotional materials you will need to run this fun and engaging challenge for your employees.
Plant Powered 30 is part of Plant-Forward Future, a curated set of resources from Practice Greenhealth, Health Care Without Harm, and our partners that will help health care facilities set a plant-forward goal, menu and market plant-forward dishes, and track their progress.
Have you run Plant… Read More
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Diana has over 20 years of experience working with international organizations in development and public health programming. She has lived and worked in South Sudan, Thailand, Myanmar, and Ethiopia, and has provided technical assistance to organizations working in Africa and Latin America. Diana's previous experience focused on monitoring, evaluation, learning, and management roles in climate resilience, food security, infectious diseases, and immunizations. She holds an M.A. in international development from George Washington University and recently completed an M.S. in health policy,… Read More
Type: Staff
Calling all health professional students, are you ready to jumpstart your career in sustainable health care? CleanMed is the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability – both current and future.
Welcoming the next generation of sustainability leaders
We are eager to support the next generation of doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, supply chain experts, and public health professionals as you advance climate-smart health care and lead the way toward a sustainable future.
Meet the people you want to become – Our network represents 1,400 hospitals and health… Read More
Type: Press
Calling all doctors, nurses, and other health professionals – you are invited to the annual CleanMed conference in Kansas City May 10-12, 2022. CleanMed is the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability and the only conference that connects you with the clinician sustainability community and the broader health care sustainability network.
Join us at CleanMed 2022 for education, connection, and inspiration
While the past few years have presented challenges for the health care sector, we are ready to come together and build on one another’s successes, share best… Read More
Type: Press
Food service is a powerful but often untapped lever with the potential to improve patient and community health, address diet-related disease, reduce carbon footprints, and build community wealth and resilience. At CleanMed 2022 May 10-12 in Kansas City, hear from experts on how to bring equity and diversity principles into food purchasing and how plant-forward menus and new food waste recovery strategies can help hospitals meet ambitious climate targets.
Attendees of CleanMed will discover the power of food to:
Integrate equity & community into food purchasing
Learn how to integrate… Read More
Type: Press
Bulky materials such as ceiling tiles, bricks, glass, carpeting, cabinetry, and cement from construction and renovation projects can be expensive to remove. Many of Practice Greenhealth member hospitals have been able to reduce the amount of construction and demolition debris that goes to landfills by nearly 80 percent by:
Building recycling and reuse goals and requirements into new construction contracts
Purchasing fewer materials or purchasing more recyclable and/or reusable construction materials at the outset of a project
Better segregation of materials such as furniture, cabinetry,… Read More
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2022 is the year we accelerate the decarbonization of health care. And CleanMed 2022 offers the strategies we need for moving from commitment to action to impact. Join us May 10-12 in Kansas City, where an incredible lineup of expert speakers will share the many ways you can drive climate solutions within your organization.
Attendees of CleanMed will experience cutting-edge sessions on:
Insights from Biden administration officials on their work to build a low-carbon, more resilient, and more equitable health care system and how leading health systems are modeling climate action.
How… Read More
Type: Press
At CleanMed 2022 May 10-12 in Kansas City, explore how health care’s collective purchasing power can shape the marketplace, increase demand for sustainable products, and embrace our broader healing mission. Expert speakers offer a roadmap for health care to develop sustainable procurement strategies that prioritize community and environmental health and safety while reducing costs.
Attendees of CleanMed will experience cutting-edge sessions on:
Investing in communities through sustainable procurement
Health care organizations can heal the supply chain and the communities they serve through… Read More
Type: Press
CleanMed 2022 – the premier event for leaders in health care sustainability – will bring us back together in person May 10-12 in Kansas City. After a challenging couple of years, we can’t wait to convene, connect, share, and build on unprecedented momentum for health sector transformation.
As an advocate and ally of the health care sector, we are committed to the safety of our communities. We’ll be sharing our guiding principles around evidenced-based safety protocols, including vaccines, face coverings, and enhanced cleaning. We continue to monitor the evolving public health guidance… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. Partnership opportunities include hospitals, health systems, community health organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, government, academic institutions, and the health care value chain.