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+600 health professionals & organizations worldwide have endorsed a letter urging #INC4 delegates to prioritize an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty with no exemptions for the health sector
Join the global effort to beat #Plasticpollution : bit.ly/Plastics_INC4
.Boston Medical Center’s Brockton Behavioral Health Center, the first U.S. zero-energy, zero-carbon behavioral health center, was sited in an environmental justice community & built by a minority-owned company.
🔗 Read all 44 Climate Action Playbook case studies ➡️ climatecouncil.noharm.org
On #WorldHealthDay , we call out for a phase-out of #FossilFuels
Phasing out fossil fuels is the single most important public health intervention we can make together to save lives. #MyHealthMyRight 🙌 #FossilFree4Health
Plastics is a global health crisis hiding in plain sight
Before #INC4 , leading health professionals have written a letter urging meeting delegates to pursue an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty without exemptions for the healthcare sector
Learn more & join us: healthcareclimateaction.org/news/Plastics_…
Climate change is one of the most pressing threats to human health we face today. Health care has a key role to play, especially in providing care for disproportionately impacted, underserved communities and communities of color. nphw.org
#NationalPublicHealthWeek
.@OSUWexMe has received Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus Healthcare recognition each year from 2019-2022. The saplings will sequester nearly 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide over their lifetimes.🌳
🔗 Check out all 44 Climate Action Playbook case studies ➡️ climatecouncil.noharm.org
Where we eat, sleep, work, play, and learn can have a huge effect on our health. We support healthy neighborhoods and APHA's National Public Health week. #NationalPublicHealthWeek #ClimateJustice #HealthEquity
Is your hospital looking for ways to engage employees in environmental action? Consider joining the One Healthcare Ecochallenge. It begins April 1 and is spearheaded by Practice Greenhealth partners Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, and PeaceHealth Southwest.
onehealthcare.ecochallenge.org
Check out this new case study to learn how Health Environment Climate Action Foundation implemented a pilot, led by Nepal’s Department of Health Services & supported by World Health Organization (WHO), to gain deeper understanding of health care’s role in addressing health impacts of climate-induced disasters. 💡 ➡️ healthcareclimateaction.org/CLI_NepalHECAF…