GreenED
@greened_uk
An RCEM initiative to make EDs environmentally sustainable
Website: greened.rcem.ac.uk
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#CleanAirDay at St Stephen’s Health Centre. We can create green community spaces. Knitting the Air data shows we need clean air to improve health Tower Hamlets Council Tower Hamlets GP Care Group North East London Health and Care Partnership Nathalie Bienfait Poplar HARCA
Another health-related area that needs more focus in the election campaign. The climate crisis is profoundly linked to our health, and to the ability of health systems to function. Ask your local candidates where they stand. Royal College of Emergency Medicine @GreenED
Heat deaths in Europe are increasing, particularly among women. And other parts of the world are much hotter. UK Health Alliance on Climate Change nature.com/articles/d4158…
#climatejustice - great thread 🧵 if you're new to the idea of #climatelitigation Greener NHS UK Health Alliance on Climate Change Centre for Sustainable Healthcare RCPCH GreenED
Nearly a third (29%) of NHS trusts aren’t measuring their carbon footprint. A third don’t have a clear plan to achieve net zero, and almost a fifth are still using fossil fuels for almost all of their energy (90%). UK Health Alliance on Climate Change forbes.com/sites/katherin…
Today we're in University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Emergency Department talking about recycling for their GreenED programme. Improving our recycling segregation is essential for UHP's purse and the planet! Urgent Emergency Care UHP
Richard Smith spoke with Juliette Brown, a psychiatrist and climate activist. She & 5 other health professionals were recently on trial accused of criminal damage to a JP Morgan building in London. But the jury refused to convict them. Read full interview> ukhealthalliance.org/news-item/inte…
Heat kills the poor first. UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
A new profession: heat rangers. During heat emergencies in Phoenix, Arizona, heat response units patrol the city handing out water, getting people to air-conditioned spaces and opening cooling centres to offer relief from heat. UK Health Alliance on Climate Change wired.com/story/i-will-s…
Very powerful interview with Dr Juliette Brown via UK Health Alliance on Climate Change really gets across the urgency of climate action.