Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care Leading the Evolution of Green.
Since 2000, a growing contingent of healthcare organizations, individuals and companies have embraced principles and practices of environmental stewardship with a focus on making health service delivery more environmentally sustainable. This article provides an overview of the sector's many successes, drawing upon both Coalition-sponsored initiatives and those initiated by its most engaged and forward-thinking stakeholders, many of whom are original signatories to Canada'sJoint Position Statement: Toward an Environmentally Responsible Canadian Health Sector.
Co-founder and communications director of the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care. Contact: kent@greenhealthcare.ca or www.greenhealthcare.ca.
Kent
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Waddington
Executive director of the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care. Contact: linda@greenhealthcare.ca.
Linda
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Varangu
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