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Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care @ccghc.bsky.social · 16d

🚨The full event program is LIVE! 🚨

A day of:
✨ Keynotes
✨ Panels & presentations
✨ 6-min Lightning Talks on cutting-edge green health care solutions 🌱

Don’t miss out—connect, learn & shape sustainable health care!
👉 greenhealthcare.ca/tocw-2025/

@peachhealthon.bsky.social

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 16d

✨Continue to learn more about the speakers! Additional speakers will be announced soon, so stay tuned!

greenhealthcare.ca/tocw-2025/

PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 16d

🌍 We're excited to announce our speakers for the Toronto Climate Week!

👉Swipe to learn about our incredible speakers, including our keynote speaker, Senator Joan Kingston, RN FCAN.

Register today! greenhealthcare.ca/tocw-2025/

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 20d

The biggest carbon savings in healthcare aren’t where you’d expect.

Join us on Friday, September 26, 2025 at 9am PDT/12pm EDT as we welcome Dr. Myles Sergeant and Elizavetan Zvereva to introduce the low carbon fruit tree for primary care. 🌿

🔗Register here: conta.cc/4gu2C58

PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Sep 9

🌱If you are interested in working with us on a guidebook in your area of interest, please reach out to us!

PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Sep 9

🌿Building a sustainable healthcare future begins with the right tools.

We work with practitioners, researchers, & experts to create guidebooks with practical, evidence-based steps for environmental stewardship.🌎💚

📖 Explore the full collection here: bit.ly/peachguidebo...

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Aug 8

🧠Volunteer Opportunity!

The Brain-CE Collab is an initiative addressing how #climatechange worsens neurological conditions, especially among equity-deserving populations.

They are currently looking for #volunteers to support the development of their website!

💡Apply today! bit.ly/braincecollab

PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jul 29

🌿 Introducing Eco Orders: clinician-led actions to reduce underuse & promote sustainable healthcare.

Got an idea? Submit to Dr. Myles Sergeant 👉 [email protected]

🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4eReq0i

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Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care @ccghc.bsky.social · Jul 24

Are you driving change at the intersection of health and climate? We want to hear from you! 💬

The ccghc, with @peachhealthon.bsky.social and the Hamilton Family Health Team are hosting a program during Toronto Climate Week | TOCW (Oct 1–3, 2025)

📝 Apply to be a speaker: conta.cc/4nZcfvP

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jul 25

🩺Learn more by checking out these resources: bit.ly/4meumwq

PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jul 25

🌍 Climate care isn’t just about less; it’s about doing what matters.

This latest article shows how delaying essential care leads to worse outcomes and more emissions.

👏 Congratulations to Dr. Owen Dan Luoa & Dr. Myles Sergeant!

🔗 bit.ly/kiloforatonne

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jul 22

🌱🚨Environmental Stewardship in Emergency Medicine is here! This new guidebook by @ccghc.bsky.social & @peachhealthon.bsky.social aims to help ED teams take action, right where it matters most. Helping to build greener, more resilient emergency care.

EN: conta.cc/451zGx9
FR: conta.cc/3IqGyLG

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌿 The July edition of the PEACH Health Ontario #newsletter is here!

Explore our new guidebooks, infographics, and latest research on #sustainable #healthcare. 💚

📬 bit.ly/4nNlEXx

🔔 Subscribe to stay informed and inspired: bit.ly/peachnewslet...

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Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care @ccghc.bsky.social · Jul 7

Challenge your clinic to lead in sustainability! 🌿

The 2025 Green Office Challenge questionnaire by @ccghc.bsky.social, @peachhealthon.bsky.social and Hamilton Family Health Team is open! — assess your impact, improve practices & compete for national recognition. 🏆

Start here: conta.cc/4n0sGrz

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jul 4

Check out some highlights from our first PEACH Conference! The energy, the people, the passion; it was all there.💫

📝Plus, one of our social media team members wrote a reflective article about her experience at the conference! Check it out: bit.ly/44fYr8G

PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jul 4

Challenge your clinic to lead in sustainable health care!🌿

The 2025 Green Office Challenge questionnaire by @ccghc.bsky.social, @peachhealthon.bsky.social & Hamilton Family Health Team is open! Assess your impact, improve practices & compete for national recognition.🏆

Start here: conta.cc/4n0sGrz

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Nourish @nourishlead.bsky.social · Jun 24

Hot off the press from @ccghc.bsky.social! And with some great recommendations for how #healthcare teams can lead climate action with #food. 🥗🧄🥙🫘🧆

EN: conta.cc/44fyvc3
FR: conta.cc/3Gd8vFZ

#DeliciousClimateAction #CoolfoodPledge #BuyLocal #ClimateAction #SustainableMenus

PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jun 24

🌱 Greening the Wards is here! This new guidebook by @ccghc.bsky.social empowers general internal medicine teams to lead climate action with evidence-based, low-carbon care strategies & real-world examples.

📘 Get your copy:
EN:https://conta.cc/44fyvc3
FR: conta.cc/3Gd8vFZ

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jun 24

🌱 Greening the Wards is here! This new guidebook by @ccghc.bsky.social empowers general internal medicine teams to lead climate action with evidence-based, low-carbon care strategies & real-world examples.

📘 Get your copy:
EN:https://conta.cc/44fyvc3
FR: conta.cc/3Gd8vFZ

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Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care @ccghc.bsky.social · Jun 16

💊 Next week, join CCGHC, @peachhealthon.bsky.social and CAPhE for an insightful dive into how Medication Use Evaluation (MUE) pharmacists are shaking up the status quo—not by adding more to the mix, but by rethinking what’s already there.

🗓️ June 24, 2025 at 9am PST/12pm EST
🔗: conta.cc/4466YcX

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jun 13

🌱 Want the latest on climate action in healthcare?

Subscribe to the PEACH Health Ontario newsletter for tools, events, and stories that inspire sustainable change.

📬 Sign up here: bit.ly/peachnewslet...

PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jun 6

✨Congrats to the authors: Harjas Kaur, Fiona Parascandalo, Gail Krantzberg, Emma Ko, Neha Mathur, Amanjot Gill, Falisha Razack & Myles Sergeant.

Let’s put the planet on the prescription pad. ✍🏽👁️

bit.ly/journeyofapill

PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · Jun 6

💊 A pill can travel 63,000+ km before it reaches your hand.

🌍This recent article uncovers the global journey & carbon cost of pharmaceutical manufacturing, tracing how pills are made, tested, packaged, & shipped across continents using data from publicly available sources.

bit.ly/journeyofapill

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · May 28

🌿Rheumatologists play a key role in building a more sustainable healthcare system. Whether in hospitals or private clinics, our daily choices—from supplies to energy use—shape our impact. This guidebook offers actionable steps to drive change.

🔗EN: conta.cc/4knPek7
🔗FR: conta.cc/3SkzZMz

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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · May 23

🌱Congratulations to the authors on this recent publication: Emma McDermott, Roland Halil, Scott Nash, Rebecca Douglass, Anthony Train, Elizaveta Zvereva, Sujane Kandasamy, PhD, Danish Zahid, and Myles Sergeant.

bit.ly/4jWIZmZ

PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · May 23

💊 Medications are a hidden climate culprit—making up 61% of primary care emissions. From overprescribing to waste, it’s time to rethink how we prescribe. Sustainable choices = healthier people + planet 🌍

🔗Learn more: bit.ly/4jWIZmZ

#SustainableMedicine #ClimateAction #HealthcareSustainability

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