Healthcare’s Role in the Fight against Climate Change
While it may feel that we are powerless against such a vast enormous problem, we in healthcare have a big role to play in the fight against climate change. In…
While it may feel that we are powerless against such a vast enormous problem, we in healthcare have a big role to play in the fight against climate change. In…
I recently had an incredible opportunity to take a 3-month sabbatical to look into green healthcare. I spent this time travelling around the world and learning how different healthcare systems…
I love to travel! For me, nothing beats visiting other cultures, learning from other people and being present in new environments. Unfortunately, though, travel is very carbon-intense and generates heaps…
Our overuse of non-sterile plastic gloves in healthcare causes an enormous amount of harm. We often think wearing these gloves protects our patients…but that is dogma. Instead, they only protect…
Now is the time and we are the people. Healthcare workers are on the front line as the effects of climate change are occurring. The climate crisis is unfolding exponentially,…
Whenever we do an activity that burns fossil fuels, carbon dioxide (CO2) goes into the atmosphere, and too much of that is bad. Carbon offsetting helps negate, or “offset” this.…