Green Mac Med
1280 Main St W L8S 4L8 Hamilton, ON, Canada

Learn what the impacts of food waste are and join us in making your Feburary food waste-free! Courtesy of our friends at Zero Waste McMaster :)

**Free vegetable seeds for anyone who attends the event!** Hi Everyone! Come join EHIG on Jan 13 at 7pm to learn more about urban farms and how this helps to combat food insecurity in cities. Access to healthy food is an important social determinant of health, and urban farms provide a community-led solution to increasing access to fruits and vegetables. Ines from Ryerson Urban Farm will present on the history of their project, how they converted a roof to a functioning farm,... and the programs they offer. We will then be mailing seeds to attendees so that they can start their own winter garden at home! Please RVSP on the page to receive your seed package! https://fb.me/e/1VMlr7i3w

Our friends at U of T GreenMeds are launching their Sustainability in Medicine Speaker Series! The series is taking place this Jan-March and the deadline to sign up for the CERTIFICATE program option is Dec 28. Sign up for speaker series here: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLScEMjDOVzW4ut6cWa/viewform

*Opportunity to get involved in systematic environmental healthcare change!!* The Canadian Coalition for Green Healthcare is looking for some medical students interested in helping with the Green Hospital Scorecard (GHS). The GHS is the only comprehensive health care benchmarking tool in Canada measuring energy conservation, water conservation, waste management and recycling, corporate commitment and pollution prevention. Participating hospitals report on their environmental and sustainability initiatives through a questionnaire and receive a Green Hospital Scorecard summarizing their environmental performance relative to their peers. If you're interested in this opportunity, please send an email to Linda Varangu ([email protected]) and Neil Ritchie ([email protected])!

Curious about which sustainability groups you can join as a Mac Med student? Check out our list below! Canadian Federation of Medical Students Health and Environment Adaptive Response Task force (CFMS HEART). Coordinates advocacy efforts among Canadian med students regarding current issues in environmental health and climate change. Sends monthly newsletters and has a list of educational materials. https://www.cfms.org/what-we-do/global-health/heart Instagram: @cfmsheart ... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeartCFMS/ Twitter: @CFMS_HEART Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Ontario: Coordinates advocacy efforts among Canadian physicians, residents, and med students. Holds ~bimonthly meetings. [email protected] McMaster Green Student Groups: -McMaster Centre for Climate Change: https://www.facebook.com/McMasterClimateCentre/ -Zero Waste McMaster: https://www.facebook.com/zerowastemcmaster -Mac Climate Advocates: https://www.facebook.com/MacClimateAdvocates/ -Nature at McMaster: https://www.facebook.com/NatureatMcMaster/ Hamilton Community: -Trees for Hamilton: https://treesforhamilton.ca/ . This year’s plantings are over, but stay tuned for spring! -Environment Hamilton: https://www.environmenthamilton.org/. EH is a community-focused non-profit working towards a city that is a carbon-neutral community with secure local food sources; sustainable transportation; and healthy, clean air, water and land. -Cycle Hamilton: https://www.cyclehamont.ca/ Cycling/active transportation advocacy and cycling events. -Stewards of Cootes Watershed: https://www.stewardsofcootes.ca/ A neighbourhood-based team of stewards that organizes cleanups of the Cootes Watershed area to ensure its health and biodiversity. -Hamilton Naturalists’ Club. https://hamiltonnature.org/ A non-profit organization with over 600 members dedicated to the study, appreciation and conservation of our wild plants and animals.

For anyone interested in how climate change and racism intersect, there is a free zoom event Thursday, October 28 (tomorrow!) open for anyone to attend! It will be given by Dr. Ingrid Waldron from Dalhousie University from 5-6:30pm. ------------------------------------------------- "Dr. Ingrid Waldron will examine the social justice dimensions of place and space by unpacking the larger socio-spatial processes that create disproportionate exposure and vulnerability to the h...armful social, economic, and health impacts of environmental racism, climate change, and other public infrastructure inequalities in Indigenous and Black communities in Canada. Dr. Waldron’s presentation will include an overview of the interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral, multi-media, and multi-method approaches she has been using over the past several years to raise awareness about and address environmental racism and climate change impacts in Indigenous and Black communities and mobilize knowledge on these issues using documentary film, social and traditional media, mapping, workshops, and other public engagement events, and publications." Register here for the link: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_0-D5d2LCSTGBEAaEsi-A2A

Join HEART on Saturday, September 12th, 2020 from 10 AM - 5 PM EST for a virtual conference on Planetary Health Action! During this conference, you will have the opportunity to learn from keynote addresses by leaders in Planetary Health action, discuss medical student climate action advocacy in roundtables, and participate in a Greenathon event to brainstorm, discuss, and pitch ideas to reduce the environmental footprint of the Canadian healthcare system through our all-new Project Green Healthcare/Projet vert la santé program! Register now at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/planetary-health-action-tickets

Thank you to everyone who came out to Part 1 - we hope you enjoyed it! Part 2 is HAPPENING TOMORROW! Join us virtually to hear Dr Mehta, an ER physician and advocate with an interest in plant-based diets and planetary health. His lecture will explain how animal agriculture impacts the environment, human health, food security, and even viral pandemics! Link in bio