Video2 Minute ReadApr | 1 | 2023
Climate change is a growing public health concern with implications for safety and well-being; nutrition and food security; food, water, and vector-borne diseases; and mental health. Climate change and the social determinants of health are closely aligned, contributing to disparate environmental exposures and health inequalities, as a disproportionate number of low-income individuals, some communities of color, and those with higher vulnerability to disease and chronic health conditions are at risk.
In this symposium national experts join faculty from the MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice and Health, the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for the Environment and Health, and Brigham and Women's Hospital to develop sustainable strategies to achieve human and planetary health.
As a major Boston academic medical center, Mass General recognizes its responsibility to prioritize sustainable practices.
For more than a decade, Mass General Brigham has focused on reducing energy use across its institutions, including at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2014, five years before the city of Boston required businesses to demonstrate a reduction in emissions...
To celebrate the hospital’s new Center for the Environment and Health’s launch on April 1, Eat Street Café will feature a special plant-centered menu.
Ever wonder what happens to food remnants once a dining tray is placed on the conveyor belt and disappears into the kitchen at MGH’s Eat Street Café? Those leftovers become fertilizer, electricity and heat thanks to a partnership with Agri-Cycle Energy.
The Center for the Environment and Health works with leadership at Mass General to integrate environmental sustainability into the clinical, research and educational activities of the hospital.
