April 2009: Hospitals Commit to Reducing Carbon Footprint

WHEN is spearheading the efforts of five local hospitals to participate in climate change mitigation through sustainable food purchasing and menu offering on Earth Day.

Through the participation in the Sustainable Food Cook Training, these facilities intend to buy, prepare and serve healthy, sustainable food at their facilities, and launch a menu option on Earth Day that contributes to reducing their carbon footprint to help mitigate climate change. 

For more information, contact Dianne Moore at: healthyfoodinhealthcare@comcast.net

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Sustainable Food for Health Care Roundtable

Tuesday April 28

8 am - 12pm

Topics:

* Food Credits for Green Hospitals

* Balanced Menus for Healthy People and Planet

* Where¹s the (Sustainable) Beef?

* Sustainable Food Cook Training

* Composting: Turning Food Waste to Black Gold

* Networking

Free to healthcare institutions and

$20 to all others.

For more information, contact
Dianne Moore, Women's Health & Environmental Network,
610-949-9497 or healthyfoodinhealthcare@comcast.net

Women’s Health & Environmental Network...
    Ten years leading the healthcare towards environmentally-responsible stewardship.

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Getting pharmaceuticals out of our drinking water

WHEN is working on several projects locally and nationally to insure that our drinking water minimizes unwanted, unused, or expired medications from entering our drinking water. 

For more information, please contact Teresa Mendez-Quigley
at the e-mail address below.

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WHEN has a new phone number:

215-990-1271

Teresa Mendez-Quigley, MSW, LSW has a new e-mail address:

teresa.when@gmail.com