Video2 Minute ReadJun | 16 | 2021
With more frequent and/or severe hurricanes, wildfires and days of extreme heat, our rapidly changing climate threatens nearly every aspect of the way we live, work and play. However, the biggest threat from climate change is to our health and wellbeing.
In a recent Grand Rounds webinar event co-hosted by the MGH Institute of Health Professions Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health and the Mass General Center for the Environment and Health, a panel of experts discussed the adverse impacts of extreme heat on population health, shared emerging evidence-based insights into the effectiveness of prevention strategies and talked about how social resilience is important in preparing for extreme weather that comes as a result of climate change.
As a major Boston academic medical center, Mass General recognizes its responsibility to prioritize sustainable practices.
In a recent event hosted by the Center for the Environment and Health, a panel of experts explored the relationship between climate change, environmental degradation and risks to human health and offered strategies to address the climate crisis on an individual, community and organizational level.
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.
