Search Results
Displaying results 851 - 860 of 1420
President Biden recently signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the strongest U.S. climate action ever, with $369 billion in strategic investments over the next ten years to drive the growth of clean energy and cut the nation’s carbon footprint. The legislation takes aim at the single biggest health threat facing humanity — the climate crisis, with an unprecedented investment in clean energy, environmental justice, pollution-reduction programs, and climate resilience. Read more.
Type: Press
Composting landscape and food waste is a viable waste reduction strategy for many hospital and health systems. Long-term benefits of compost programs for hospitals might include:
Reduces incineration or landfill disposal costs for dense and heavy landscape and food scraps
Avoids costly extra water discharges from wastewater treatment due to food waste sludge created by industrial food disposal systems.
Saves landscaping budget by increasing water retention, aeration, and soil nutrients, which reduces mulch, fertilizers, and pesticide purchases.
Unneeded compost can potentially be sold… Read More
Type: Basic page
Health care culinary professionals across the country are taking their menus to new levels in creativity and flavor, all powered by plants.
Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth teamed up with Menus of Change, an initiative of The Culinary Institute of America and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to host another Health Care Culinary Contest.
This year’s contest is streamlined for easier participation and will run from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30.
Encourage your chef and culinary professionals to participate. Your facility could be home to the next… Read More
Type: Press
Our waste tracker tool will help you to conduct a baseline audit and track progress going forward. Utilizing this tool, you will be able to track your food waste streams, determine the monetary value of what is wasted, and identify opportunities for reducing waste.
Type: Resources
Kendra has over 20 years of experience in human resources and organizational development. She spent the majority of her working career in the professional services industry, cultivating culture and creating a positive and award-winning workplace. Most recently, she worked for a small, minority-owned IT consulting company that provides services to the intelligence community. There, she was recognized for her efforts in executing corporate strategy and achieving results. Kendra has spoken at industry conferences and has facilitated training and leadership development for her colleagues. She… Read More
Type: Staff
Emily (Emmie) has focused her career on providing vision while developing and executing strategy in nonprofit settings. She excels at building programs in dynamic and collaborative environments. Emmie previously oversaw COVID-19 response and recovery in the mid-Atlantic at the CDC Foundation. She also served as chief of staff at the American Flood Coalition, director of presidential affairs at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and an international development fellow on a USAID-funded project in Uganda. Emmie is a Coloradan at heart and in her spare time enjoys hiking, swimming,… Read More
Type: Staff
Plant-Forward Future is helping hospitals and other institutions purchase and serve healthy, locally-sourced beans and bean products to their customers in Colorado – and across the country. This short film follows Colorado farmers who grow pinto beans for local processors who create value-added products, including Fiesta Beans and Rocky Mountain Pinto Tempeh.
Ready to market plant proteins grown in your region?
All over the United States, health care systems have partnered with local producers and food processors to source plant-based protein ingredients and products… Read More
Type: Press
“Not only does this project impact greenhouse gasses from keeping food waste out of the landfill, it is also about dollars saved, which is important to hospital administrators, and then there is the food rescue piece which is what is really important to our community.”
– Jack Breezee, Sutter Health regional director of food and nutrition services
Sutter Health knew they were wasting food but didn’t know how much. They wanted to find a way to reduce food waste – and knew they could help their community at the same time.
Sutter Health partnered with our… Read More
Type: Resources
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
Launched in the Fall of 2020, the Greenhealth Approved program builds on the legacy of the Healthier Hospital Initiative by providing an easy way to identify products that meet the criteria of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth. The program uses a transparent validation process that is either completed by Greenhealth Approved resources, or through collaboration with a third-party certifier. The program’s priorities include reducing duplication of document submittals for suppliers, consistent processes for validation based on the product category and accessibility for… Read More
Type: Basic page
Join Practice Greenhealth
Practice Greenhealth is the health care sector’s go-to source for information, tools, data, resources, and expert technical support on sustainability initiatives that help hospitals and health systems meet their health, financial, and community goals.
Who We Are
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.