The College of the Holy Cross will be hosting a 4-part discussion-based web series, titled "Healthcare Goes Green," which will explore the connection between healthcare, sustainability, and equity. Participants will learn from practitioners that have successfully integrated sustainability into their own job responsibilities and into their professional organizations.
First, the series will provide contextual knowledge about how climate change impacts health, especially within vulnerable communities. The group will then examine how a specific hospital network has transitioned its approach to sustainability from incremental change to transformational change. Narrowing in, the third session will analyze how energy conservation and green infrastructure contributes to environmentally-friendly healthcare. The series will end by discussing barriers, and possible solutions, to sustainable equitable healthcare, using the Southern Africa region as a focal point.
Want to keep the conversation going? This web series will have a paralleling GroupMe (a desktop/mobile group texting application) that allows for ongoing reflection, learning, and networking.
Sessions
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. PT on Thursdays in July 2020
July 9: Climate Science: Its Impact on Health & Vulnerable Populations with Paul Dellaripa MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA
July 16: Changing Mindsets: Incremental Change to Transformational Change with Sarah Fackler, Mass General Brigham
July 23: A Green Environment: Creating Green Infrastructure Through Energy Conservation with John Messervy, Mass General Brigham
July 30: Breaking Barriers: A Global Look at Sustainable, Equitable Health with Tsitsi Masvawure DPhil, College of the Holy Cross
Registration
All undergraduate students and graduate students, including students unaffiliated with Holy Cross, are welcome. Register now, this series is free of charge.
For more information, visit the College of the Holy Cross' website or contact the College's director of sustainability, Cathy Liebowitz at cliebowi@holycross.edu.
(*All credit for this post goes to the Emory University Pre-Health Advising Blog and the College of the Holy Cross' website)
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