Current Publications
Facilities
Building Green Hospitals Checklist
Journal of the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society, Fall/Automne 2002. p. 15-18.
Building Green Hospitals Checklist
Healthcare Financial Management, Reprinted from the May 2008 issue of HFM magazine with permission from Canadian Coalition for Green Heath Care.
Environment & Health Impact
Doing Less Harm: Assessing and Reducing the Environmental and Health Impact of Canada's Health Care System
Fourteen (or more) Good Reasons to be a Green Hospital. Dr. Trevor Hancock
Discussion Paper Series
Discussion Paper #1: Salubrité et développement durable : des solutions simples pour un dossier compliqué
Discussion Paper #2: Climate Change Content and Green Initiatives in Canadian Schools of Nursing
Discussion Paper: Greening Canadian Hospitals
This discussion paper was produced by Community Research Connections.
Resource Guide Series
Resource Paper #1: Waste Reduction & Recycling Resource
Prepared on behalf of the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care by Sue Maxwell, Ed Rubinstein, and Kent Waddington.
Local and Sustainable Food
Strategies to reduce waste in patient food services.
This recently released study paper investigated strategies to reduce waste in patient food services, and to develop a communication tool to share the strategies with hospital food service managers.
Waste Management
10 Steps to Have a Reduced Waste Event
Joint trade show educational document Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society and Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, 2009.
Media Coverage
Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care - Seven years of helping to minimize environmental impact.
Kent Waddington, Canadian Health Care Facilities, Winter/Hiver 2007.
Toxics Reduction
Toxic Products in the Home
Cabinet Confidential offers a detailed analysis of toxic products in the home.
Fragrance Guides
Fragrance: A guide for your health
This guide from the Wilena MacDougall Environmental Health Resource Centre explains the history and benefits of Scent Free policies.
Fragrance: A guide for your health
More information about fragrances and scent free environments for health institutions, from the Wilena MacDougall Environmental Health Resource Centre.
Fragrance Wallet Cards
This wallet-sized card lists potentially harmful fragrance ingredients to avoid.
Management and Staff Orientation Presentations on Fragrance-free Policies
These presentations were developed by the Environmental Health Clinic at Women’s College Hospital.
Archives
From 2004 to 2007, the Coalition provided updates on its initiatives and other green health care information through its newsletter, Coalition Notes. All issues of Coalition Notes are archived here.
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