Planetary Pearl of the Month

PEACH Project Updates

Green Office Toolkit

Green Office Toolkit

In honour of Earth Day this year, PEACH and the Canadian Coalition for Green Healthcare, along with several partners, have put together a revised Green Office Toolkit for Clinicians and Office Managers. 

The Green Office Toolkit is designed to simplify and inspire the ‘greening’ of your health care practices. Here you will find practical and affordable ideas to make eco-friendly office improvements, and real life examples, with the ultimate goal of helping health professionals support the health and wellbeing of patients, while respecting the foundations of health for present and future generations.

Upcoming PEACH Presentations

Climate Smart Health Care Solutions: Benefits of Reuse and Repair

Join the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care to explore how to reduce the environmental footprint of hospital-generated waste while improving the efficiency of healthcare delivery. In this webinar, you will learn how two innovative companies strive to accomplish this goal with climate-smart healthcare solutions! 

Date: June 27th, 2023 

Time: 9:00 am PST/ 12:00 pm EST

Celebrating our Partnerships

"Nourish is a national not-for-profit that was launched with a simple idea: how can the hospital tray be a platform to dream big and transform our food and health systems? Nourish works with health care and community leaders across the country to harness the power of food to build health for people and the planet. This is accomplished through multi-year communities of practice (the Anchor Cohorts), Indigenous foodways learning (Food is Our Medicine), and climate action with food (Planetary Health Menus), as well as strategic communications and policy work. Nourish is proud to work with PEACH and many Ontario health care organizations"

-Amy Ford, Climate Program Manager

For more information, check out the Nourish website! 

Twitter: @NourishLead

Email: info@nourishhealthcare.ca

PEACH of the Month

“Giving spotlight to our very own PEACH members”

“It was a frenetic time to work in healthcare during the COVID19 pandemic but living in the face of rapid changes and new threats also inspired personal reflection. During a short maternity leave, I learned about planetary health through virtual courses. This approach to environmental sustainability appealed to me as a new parent, a physician, and an outdoors enthusiast.  
 

While attending an Ontario Rheumatology Association townhall, a call for member ideas sparked inspiration that led to the creation of an adhoc committee within our specialty group. From there, we connected with other physicians who have long been involved in this work and collaborated on updating an ambulatory care toolkit. We have ongoing projects to tackle the logistical realities of greening healthcare spaces while amplifying the idea of the triple bottom line - quality patient care, environmental sustainability and cost savings to the system to do our small part as healthcare workers and members of society in the face of a complex global crisis.”