Archive for Sustainable

Greening the Healthcare Sector Think Tank 14th Oct 2014

by CAHA
September 15th, 2014

Hosted by Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) and Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) in partnership with Global Green and Healthy Hospitals

Event Title: ‘The Health Sector as a Leader in Low Carbon Transformation’

When:  Tuesday 14th October 2014

Where: Mater Hospital, South Brisbane

Featuring case studies and experts on the following themes:

  • Building healthy and sustainable healthcare infrastructure
  • Waste not – the transformation of disposal in healthcare
  • Engaging others – making sustainability everyone’s business
  • Building a  national and global community for healthy, sustainable healthcare

Opportunities to improve environmental sustainability in the healthcare sector are rapidly expanding. There are increasingly substantive economic drivers supporting a growing cohort of health and sustainability professionals in implementing strategies in their organisations for cutting carbon, reducing waste, minimising chemicals, and greening the supply chain.

The Greening the Healthcare Sector Think Tank provides an opportunity for those working in the sector to hear first hand case studies of change, talk to experts, hear about opportunities for collaboration, and contribute to a discussion about how we can work together to accelerate progress within the health sector towards sustainable healthcare and hospital practices.

This Think Tank will allow participants to hear from industry leaders and professionals and engage in discussions about strategies to improve environmental sustainability and population health while reducing pressure on health sector budgets. Building green healthcare facilities, engaging staff for institution-wide change, reducing waste and saving money will be some of the topics covered in this dynamic and interactive event.

The Think Tank will be facilitated by leading sustainability educator and consultant Ian McBurney, and will feature snap shot presentations from professionals, followed by engaging and interactive discussions.

Beamed in live from Washington state will be Nick Thorp, Global Community Manager of the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals network. Hear about this rapidly expanding network and the innovative platform that is enabling health and sustainability professionals to connect with one another around the world.

If you are looking for tools and resources to support sustainability initiatives and want to know how to succeed through collaboration with others – look no further!

Download the program here. Register now! Click on this link to register.

 

Categories Advocacy, Carbon, Climate, Emissions, Energy, Energy policy, Health, Health professionals, healthcare, Healthy, Hospitals, Mitigate, Sustainability, Sustainable, Uncategorized, Waste, Well-being
Comments (0)

Forum on Climate and Health: the Research, Policy and Advocacy Agenda

by CAHA
November 23rd, 2013

Forum on Climate and Health: the Research, Policy and Advocacy Agenda 

November 2013

This forum brought together health and medical researchers, health and medical professionals, students, environmental educators and community members to discuss the research, policy and advocacy agenda needed in Australia on climate and health.

Participants  issued a Joint Statement following the forum expressing their collective concern at the current lack of recognition of the health effects of climate change by governments, businesses and the broader community.

Click on this link to read the Joint Statement from Participants. The accompanying media release is here.

You can read a ‘storified’ report of the  Twitter stream from the event here.

Listen to this podcast from the forum prepared by Beyond Zero Radio presenter Vivien Langford.

Categories Advocacy, Allied health, Behaviour change, Climate, Emissions, Energy, Energy policy, Environment, Ethics, Extreme weather, Health, Health policy, Health professionals, health promotion, healthcare, Heat, Heatwaves, Medical, Nursing, Psychology, Public health, Public policy, Research, Social policy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Transformation
Comments (0)

Bit by bit

by CAHA
November 14th, 2013

Street based campaigning to engage people in climate action can be challenging, and sometimes campaigners wonder if it’s worth it!

People don’t always want to engage directly, and for some members of the community, hearing about climate change is confronting and so they would rather not talk about it – or even accept a flyer about a climate-related event.

But every little interaction like this is a building block for further interaction and can help in providing an opening for those people to think more about the issue down the track.

Here’s what psychologist Dr Bronwyn Wauchope had to say to some campaigners handing out flyers for the National Day of Climate Action this Sunday:

“Some people just aren’t willing to accept it’s a real problem, but don’t underestimate those momentary interactions – it’s about breaking it down for people bit by bit. Like building a house, we need to lay our foundations brick by brick. Over time this will build into a strong structure, one that people will see and want to replicate.

It can be hard when people refuse to see this reality or refuse to care about nature or others, but let’s not confuse that with how we feel – your efforts to engage and encourage others to stand up for this issue are admirable so be sure to congratulate yourselves! 

Plus it’s more depressing to stand aside and do nothing, and you’re protecting our own health and well-being by taking action.

While those who declined may not give this another thought, just by having that brief interaction will increase the chance they will have a conversation later or fleetingly think about it when they see it on the TV or when a movie star speak about it.

Over time those interactions will build up, and when they hear others in their circle express concern, they’ll be more likely to share that concern.” 

Categories Advocacy, Behaviour change, Climate, Energy, Health, Psychology, Sustainable, Wellness
Comments (0)

The project known as ‘now’

by CAHA
December 2nd, 2012

An exciting project is evolving…

The Climate and Health Alliance recently had the opportunity to crowdsource ideas for a new publication in the New News Incubator at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival event.

Guided by Daniel May, Fiona Armstrong, Paul Ramadge, and Bronwen Clune, this workshop worked to develop an idea to create a new online publication in the area of climate and health – from scratch! Participants helped build the publication’s identity, sketch out a community development strategy,  a business case and a story list. The workshop was moderated by the incomparable health journalist and Croakey blogger Melissa Sweet.

It has evolved into an proposal to create an online ‘hub’ provisionally called now to showcase what healthy sustainable societies look like through sharing stories of existing low or zero carbon initiatives to help create an appealing narrative for positive change.

now is proposed as an online ‘hub’ to showcase what healthy sustainable societies look like by aggregating and documenting stories and images and case studies of existing low or zero carbon initiatives as a vehicle to help create an appealing narrative for positive change.

Human health and wellbeing are dependent on sustainable environments.

now uses health as a ‘hook’ to build support for environmental sustainability and bio-sensitive societies. Stories and content will range from the micro to the macro – i.e. what’s possible in low carbon food production in Cindy’s backyard all the way to stories about what’s possible in terms of transforming our large scale industrial agricultural systems and infrastructure.

now will function as a library as well as a ‘publication’ with rich archival and background materials while presenting a dynamic and lively ever changing ‘face’ with fresh content, and evocative images that will be equally appealing to consumers/community as it is to experts.

A report on the MWF event is available here. A collaborating group is working together to further develop the idea.

Watch out for further details!

Categories Behaviour change, Climate, Ecology, Health, Healthy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Transformation, Well-being, Wellness
Comments (0)

What’s a climate and health clinic?

by CAHA
April 15th, 2012

CAHA ran its first ever ‘pop-up’ Climate and Health Clinic at the 2012 Sustainable Living Festival.

Here, CAHA Convenor Fiona Armstrong talks about the clinic, about the roving health promoters, and what it means to get a ‘prescription for a healthy planet and a healthy you’.

https://vimeo.com/37793910

Categories Advocacy, Behaviour change, Climate, Energy, Health, Health professionals, health promotion, healthcare, Healthy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Well-being
Comments (0)
Climate & Health Alliance
Copyright © 2015 All Rights Reserved
iThemes Builder by iThemes
Powered by WordPress