Environmental Sustainability Getting Started Guide

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Environmental SustainabilityGettinG Started Guidea resource rom the Catholic Health Association and Practice Greenhealth


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C a r e f o r C r e a t i o ni s n o t a n e w c o m p o n e n t o f C a t h o l i c i d e n t i t y .

I t i s a s o ld as Gene s i s , and i s woven in to the ve ry

f a b r i c o f C a t h o l i c m i s s i o n .

dan misleh

executiv e director, catholic coalition on climate change


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We recognize that:

j The Churchs social tradition calls us to promote and defend the dignity,

and therefore the health, of all persons at every stage of life.

Our tradition calls us to protect the life and dignity of the human person,

and it is increasingly clear that this task cannot be separated from the care

and defense of all of creation.

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j Gods creation is a gift to us and deserves our reverence and protection.

The LORD God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden,

to cultivate and care for it.

Genesis 2:15

jHumans and all of the earth are linked and dependent on each other.

[W]e cannot interfere in one area of the ecosystem without paying due

attention both to the consequences of such interference in other areas and to

the well-being of future generations.

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j The gospel message requires concern for the most vulnerable thosepoor, young or frail who are often most hurt by environmental hazards.

In most countries today, it is the poor and the powerless who most directly bear

the brunt of environmental degradation. Unable to do otherwise, they live in

polluted lands, near toxic waste dumps, or squat in public lands and other

peoples properties without any access to basic services.

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Environmental degradation makes the life of the poor especially unbearable.

PoPe beneDiCt Xvi, aUGUst 27, 2006

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j Concern for the earth is a moral issue.

I wish to repeat that the ecological crisis is a moral issue Christians, in

particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty

towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.

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The Sacred Heart Hospitals Commitment

to Environmental Sustainability is

available or review at

www.chausa.org/environment

under resources.

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The Sisters o Mercy Health System at

its Consolidated Services Center builds

custom surgical packs which has cut

costs 20 percent, makes things more

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And you, child, will be called

prophet of the Most High, for

you will go before the Lord to

prepare his ways

lUke 1:76

Although John the Baptist was called to

be a prophetic voice or Gods vision and

plan, we know rom our own experience

that speaking out against conventional

wisdom, systems, and structures can

be a difcult task especially when

we are amongst our peers, riends, and

amily. Jesus Himsel cautions us that

no prophet is accepted in his own

native place (Luke 4: 24).

Yet despite these challenges, we know

that [s]ome people God has designated

in the church to be prophets

(1 Cor 12: 28). While each prophetic

calling is unique, it is always an

invitation to speak out against

improprieties and injustices, and to

articulate a worldview more consistent

with Gods vision or our world.

I you are currently in a health care

organization whose environmentalpractices and policies are less than

what you think they should be, perhaps

you are called to be the prophetic voice

needed to inspire change. CHA invites

you to reect upon and pray about this

prospect, and to discern how God is

calling you to help build up His

Kingdom on earth.

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The Business Case for Greening the

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Follow the model ofSt. Francis of Assisi, patron

saint of animals and ecology.

Many in the aith community draw

inspiration rom St. Francis o Assisi,

who saw the creative love o God in

nature and reverenced the natural

world as a git rom God to be

cherished. Yet while St. Francis ethic

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him: Preach the Gospel at all times;

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Please take an opportunity to refect on

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you can ollow in his ootsteps by both

promoting an ethic o environmental

responsibility and leading by example.

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A Providence Health and Services

Green Team member helps educate

her colleagues.

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Sta members at Sacred Heart Hospital

in Eau Clair, Wis., signed the Greening

the OR Initiative pledge an initiative

by Practice Greenhealth.

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Setting Baselines Using the

Joint Commission Structure

The Joint Commission requirements

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can support environmental

sustainability and serve as a structure

or green activities.

The commissions Environment o Care

management standards call or the

development o management plans in

seven areas: saety, security, biomedical

engineering, utilities management,

emergency management, lie saety and

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In addition, standards or medication

management and pharmaceuticalwaste management have

sustainability implications.

The Joint Commission requires

organizations to develop two

perormance indicators per plan.

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Baseline Example:Catholic Health East

In their Environmentally Responsible

Healthcare Starter Kit, Catholic Health

East (CHE) addresses how to establish a

waste baseline by conducting a waste

assessment.

For CHE, A waste assessment serves

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purchasing, waste generation, and

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Photoscourtesy of NorCalWaste &AlamedaCounty Waste ManagementAuthority

NuestraRegin Produce elAbono!

Participen con Nosotros!

from Metro andthe Washington CountyCooperative Recycling Program

YES PLEASE

Soft Plastics

- Peel Packs

- Bubble Wrap

-Bags

- Sterile Blue Wrap

#1 -#7 Hard Plastics

- Bottles (beverage and other)

- Basins/Tubs

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- Plastic Utensils

- Clear, Take-Out Containers

Metal Cans

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Paper Boxes

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- Rinse items

Providence Recycles!

Questions? Call 6-4099

NO, THANK YOU

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ycle Separately

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Providence Health and Services

has developed numerous posters

and inormative materials to share

their environmental sustainability

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p e r va s i v e p rob l e ms . What w e do t o p r e s e r v e our p lan e t

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on its commitment to sustainability at

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