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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🌟Introducing the Workshop Speakers at #PEACH2026! 🌱Workshops will focus on climate & health action, food systems, power and ethics, and more! Register today! www.eventbrite.ca/e/peach-heal...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🌟Meet Dr. Carolyn Houlding, one of our speakers at #PEACH2026! Dr. Carolyn Houlding will explore how sustainability and ethics are reshaping mental health care; grounding climate action in stewardship, empathy, and collective well-being. 🌱🧠 Register today! www.eventbrite.com/e/peach-heal...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
📢We’re thrilled to announce that Samantha Beleutz is speaking at #PEACH2026! 🌎Samantha Beleutz joins us to explore how climate change impacts People with Disabilities and how we can build truly inclusive climate and public health responses. Register today! www.eventbrite.com/e/peach-heal...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
📢Dr. Sean Kidd is speaking at #PEACH2026! 🧠Co-Director at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Professor at the University of Toronto, he’ll explore climate change as a moral & social crisis, centring poverty, mental health, & lived experience. bit.ly/peachconfere...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
📢Meet our afternoon keynote speaker! 🌿A clinician-researcher & MPP for Hamilton Centre, Dr. Robin Lennox explores how health policy reflects our values & how upstream solutions can advance equity & climate-resilient care. Register 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/peach-heal... @robinlennoxmd.bsky.social
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
📢 Meet Our Morning Keynote Speaker! 🌱We’re honoured to welcome Dr. Adrianne Lickers Xavier to #PEACH2026! She’ll share how Indigenous-led climate solutions strengthen resilience, equity & sustainable health systems. 🔗Register today! www.eventbrite.com/e/peach-heal...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🌱Planning an event in health care? Make it sustainable. Our new guide outlines actionable steps to cut emissions, reduce waste, and support health equity — without compromising the attendee experience. 🔗Download the guide from PEACH Health Ontario: peach.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/u...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🌱Join @ccghc.bsky.social Nov 24–28 for Plastics Reduction Week! A free virtual series on cutting plastics in perioperative care, textiles, food services & packaging. Learn, connect & drive sustainable healthcare. 🌏 Register now!👉https://t123456789.my.canva.site/website-for-plastics-week/#page-1
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Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care @ccghc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🚨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 · 23/09/2025
🌍 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 · 19/09/2025
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
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🌿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 · 08/08/2025
🧠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
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🌿 Introducing Eco Orders: clinician-led actions to reduce underuse & promote sustainable healthcare. Got an idea? Submit to Dr. Myles Sergeant 👉 sergeam@mcmaster.ca 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4eReq0i
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Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care @ccghc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
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 · 25/07/2025
🌍 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 · 22/07/2025
🌱🚨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 · 10/07/2025
🌿 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 · 07/07/2025
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 · 04/07/2025
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
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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 · 24/06/2025
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
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🌱 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 · 16/06/2025
💊 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 · 13/06/2025
🌱 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...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
💊 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 · 28/05/2025
🌿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 · 23/05/2025
💊 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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Nourish @nourishlead.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
“Indigenous foods—which tend to be whole and healthy with an emphasis on lean proteins and fruits and vegetables—are right in line with what we all need to eat to reduce health challenges like heart disease and diabetes.” 🙌 🌽🫘🐟@thesiouxchef.bsky.social #IndigenousFoodways #IndigenousFoodSovereignty
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CANE-ACIIE @cane-aciie.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Nurses are leading the way in climate-conscious care! 💉🩷 Join us May 15 (12–1 PM EST) for a webinar celebrating nurses advancing environmental sustainability + nature-based healing. 💚🩺 @peachhealthon.bsky.social‬ @ccghc.bsky.social 🔗 Register NOW: bit.ly/4jbi2uZ
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🚨 Just Released: 10 more tickets for the #PEACHConference2025! 🌿 Join us May 21 at RBG Rock Garden for bold conversations on health, climate & sustainability. First come, first served! 🎟️ bit.ly/peachconfere...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Last day to buy your tickets is TOMORROW: bit.ly/peachconfere...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Nurses are leading the way in climate-conscious care! 💉🩷 Join us May 15 (12–1 PM EST) for a webinar celebrating nurses advancing environmental sustainability + nature-based healing. 💚🩺 🔗 Register NOW: bit.ly/sustainable-...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Physicians, your role in #sustainable, equitable #healthcare has never been more important🩺. Join us at the PEACH Conference 2025 on May 21 to explore the intersection of primary care, environmental sustainability & #climateaction 🌱. 🔗 bit.ly/peachconfere...
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Choosing Wisely Canada @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Dr. Myles Sergeant and @peachhealthon.bsky.social recently released an article on the journey of a pill. Discover the journey of a clonazepam pill's production and distribution, and the environmental impact of its supply chain. Read the full piece: www.cfp.ca/content/71/4...
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Journey of a pill
Objective To estimate the global journey of a generic clonazepam pill to map steps of production, distribution, and disposal. Data sources PubMed; Google Scholar; industry and market reports; gray li...
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Nourish @nourishlead.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Nourish is excited to announce our new resource created to advance the #procurement of low-carbon #food. It includes recommendations & advice to address needs expressed by Buyers for Climate Action, a coalition of leading green public buyers. Learn more 👉 shorturl.at/Vo8Ct #climateaction
The report cover: an emerald green background with the title 'Guide to Best Practices and Green Critiera for Low-Carbon Food Procurement'. There is a yellow circle above the title, and a larger circle. The top half of the large circle is sky blue and the bottom half is a photo of a shopping basket filled with produce. The Nourish logo is in the top left corner.
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🌍Climate change is a growing source of anxiety. In a recent @ocfp.bsky.social webinar, PEACH Health Ontario’s Dr. Myles Sergeant joins panelists to explore climate anxiety in patients, self-care for clinicians, and ways to green your practice. 🎥Watch it here: bit.ly/ocfp-webinar
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Ontario College of Family Physicians - OCFP @ocfp.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
➡️Review the Green Office Toolkit for easy & practical ideas to take meaningful action and create more eco-friendly clinics: greenhealthcare.ca/green-office... @carriedbernard.bsky.social @ccghc.bsky.social @peachhealthon.bsky.social
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Ontario College of Family Physicians - OCFP @ocfp.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
On #EarthDay2025 🌍we are sharing two resources for family physicians: ➡️Watch our recent Community of Practice and learn how to recognize climate anxiety in patients & discover effective strategies to address it in clinical settings: ontariofamilyphysicians.ca/event/climat...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Happy #EarthDay!🌎 Today, we celebrate the meaningful work towards #climateaction and continue to care for people and the planet.💚  📗Learn about how you can take action at your healthcare facility: bit.ly/PEACHguidebo... #Sustainability #Healthcare
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Nourish @nourishlead.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Join @peachhealthon.bsky.social for their 2025 Health Conference on May 21 in Hamilton to connect with and learn from experts in #planetaryhealth, family medicine, & knowledge translation. 🏥 This year's theme is Environmental Sustainability in Primary Healthcare. 🌎 www.eventbrite.ca/e/peach-heal...
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deprescribing.org @deprescribing.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Great article detailing the life-cycle of medications and all the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are produced along the way: www.cfp.ca/content/71/4... #Deprescribing is one of the easiest and most cost-effective strategies to reduce healthcare emissions! @peachhealthon.bsky.social
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Nourish @nourishlead.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This Canadian Nutrition Society workshop will explore the nutritional and health impacts of plant- and animal-based diets through resource use, GHGs, and cultural and global dietary practices. #planetaryhealth #food #nutrition 🌎🍗🍄 conference2025.cns-scn.ca/pre-conferen...
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Food for Health Workshop - CNS Annual Conference 2025
Join the 2025 Food for Health pre-conference workshop at the CNS Annual Conference. This pre-conference workshop held on May 8, 2025 will explore the comparative nutritional and health impacts of plan...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The PEACH Conference 2025 is coming up on May 21 at the Royal Botanical Gardens – Rock Garden 🌿 Keynotes Presentations By:
🔹Dr. Ingrid Waldron – Environmental Racism in Canada
🔹Dr. Sonia Anand – Air Pollution & Brain Health Register Here: bit.ly/peachconfere...
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Planning a sustainable health care event? 🌍🏥 Join us for a webinar on eco-friendly meetings & conferences—from reducing waste to sustainable food choices! 📅 Apr 24, 2025 | 🕛 12-1 PM EST 💻 Virtual | 🔗 bit.ly/sustainable-conferences
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Nourish @nourishlead.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
To cap off #NutritionMonth, we highlight the Sustainable Health Care Food System Playbook from Nourish and an awesome group of collaborators. The Guide outlines why & how #healthcare facilities need to prioritize food service transformation. Let's #NourishtoFlourish! Check it out 👉 shorturl.at/oKYZ1
Report cover page: Sustainable health Care Food System: Business Case and Implementation Guide (2024 Edition). By authors at McMaster University, Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, Mohawk Medbuy, PEACH, Halton Healthcare, and Nourish.
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Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care @ccghc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🌿On April 10 at 12pm EST, join us @peachhealthon.bsky.social, Quinn+Partners and TrottierFdn for our first Healthy Capital program webinar! Learn data-driven strategies to help your hospital foundation take the next step toward sustainable investment. 💸 🔗https://conta.cc/4bTwXbb
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Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care @ccghc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🌿 Join us March 31 @ 12PM EST for a webinar on low-tech, high-impact solutions to protect vulnerable populations from extreme indoor heat in health care settings. Let’s build climate-resilient care across Canada. 🔗https://conta.cc/4iozdte #ClimateResilience #GreenHealthCare
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Nourish @nourishlead.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Are you a 🍁 #healthcare facility wanting to increase your #buylocal food spend? Nourish has a small grant & supports to develop & test a business model for local sourcing & forward contracting. If you are interested in exploring this with us, please get in touch! #procurement #purchasing
A close-up photo of red and green tomatoes, ripening on the vine.
Photo by Dan Gold, Unsplash. Used with permission.
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PEACH Health Ontario @peachhealthon.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🌱🍎This #NutritionMonth, PEACH Health Ontario & @nourishlead.bsky.social are spotlighting Keri Howell, a registered dietitian at Six Nations Department of Wellbeing! She is dedicated to helping others make healthy food choices and nourish both body and mind. Learn more! bit.ly/kerihowell
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