Integrating sustainability into everything @MassGeneralNews -- clinical care, education, research, and public health advocacy.
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Apps for the Sustainable Healthcare Leadership Institute are open! GCCHE is recruiting mid-
career pros to become sustainability leaders—combining tech skills, leadership training & a peer
network to drive action aligned w quality, cost savings & mission bit.ly/SHLI2025
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Five small steps toward better health for you and planet Earth. #HarvardHealth #EarthDay
health.harvard.edu/blog/heal…
Want to learn more about reducing the environmental footprint of the healthcare supply chain? Check out the Embracing Sustainability expert panel from the Fierce Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Forum including CEH director Jonathan Slutzman.
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“Climate change is a fundamental threat that is recognized by many to be the greatest health crisis humans have ever faced.“ But the majority of physicians do not feel prepared to address #climate change's impact on health or to take action.@wynnearmand MD news-medical.net/news/202408…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
We are thrilled to share this study published in
@JAMA_current, co-authored by GBPSR board member @wynnearmand, about how a quality incentive program for clinicians positively changed their knowledge and attitudes about climate & health @MGHMedicine.
tinyurl.com/3n3sd667
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
A study co-authored by #MassGeneral physician @wynnearmand MD was covered by @medical_xpress. The study surveyed the response to climate change–focused educational modules offered at MGH and found positive results. medicalxpress.com/news/2024-…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Applications for our Climate Health Organizing Fellowships are now open! This program runs from Jan-Nov 2025 and provides the tools and teaching to advance a climate project. LOI due by August 8th, and applications due by September 20th. shorturl.at/cgqF8 @GaurabBasuMDMPH
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
We're happy to share this important Op-Ed published in
@energynews_US, written by our very own GBPSR board member @wynnearmand about the continued risks & health impacts of burning fossil fuels in our homes.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/5e9znxhe #buildingelectrification
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
📢 Help address the climate crisis and reduce health care emissions by signing the @gb_psr open letter to AstraZeneca asking them to bring the low-emissions Symbicort Turbuhaler to the United States.
Learn more and sign the letter by July 29 ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on whether to overturn the Chevron doctrine, a landmark precedent that has stood for 40 years.
Scrapping the doctrine could reshape regulation on pollution, climate change, and endangered wildlife.
e360.yale.edu/features/chevr…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Pressurized metered dose inhalers generate about 4% of our healthcare system’s GHG emissions.
Sign our open letter to AstraZeneca to bring a more environmentally friendly inhaler, the Symbicort Turbuhaler, to the US market: tinyurl.com/ycayfffx #climateaction #inhalers
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Trees help prevent flooding, release oxygen, reduce pollution, and boost both health and mood. #HarvardHealth
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MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
#MassGeneral physician @wynnearmand MD was quoted in @GBH's article on the air pollution in Boston Harbor from large seafaring vessels. wgbh.org/news/local/2024-04-…
Climate Resources for Health Education (CRHE) is currently seeking leadership team members for 2024-2025. The CRHE is an expert reviewed repository of climate and health curricular materials. The application deadline is March 31.
Find out more here:
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Our webinar with Dr. Dzau, President of the National Academy of Medicine is tomorrow.
Join us on Feb 21 at noon (ET) when Dr. Victor Dzau, President of the National Academy of Medicine, speaks with us about climate and health.
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Join us on Feb 21 at noon (ET) when Dr. Victor Dzau, President of the National Academy of Medicine, speaks with us about climate and health.
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Climate change is a threat to health and equity, and the health sector plays a significant role. Listen as featured speaker, @VictorDzau, president of @theNAMedicine, shares his insights with @MGHEnvironment on Feb 21, 12-1 pm. spklr.io/6017WdHP
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Please join us tomorrow for Dr. Thompson's presentation on the health and environmental impacts of burning plastics.
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Join us Jan 17th at noon as Dr. Lisa Thompson discusses the health and environmental impacts of burning plastics as well as possible interventions
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Are you a health professional student or emerging health professional interested in climate change, health, and environmental justice? Applications for the PSR Next Generation Climate & Health Ambassador Program are now open.
Click here to learn more: psr.org/get-involved/next-ge…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Join @MGHEnvironment on Jan 17, 12-1 pm for @Lisa_MThompson's talk on burning plastic waste and climate change. Learn about ECOLECTIVOS, a project reducing plastic burning in Guatemalan communities. spklr.io/6010WyOj
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