Cutting the Carbon Footprint of Health Care featuring Dr. Maura Brown

Climate change was front and centre this past summer, from another severe wildfire season to record-breaking heat domes around the world. If these environmental threats leave you feeling helpless or anxious about the future, you’re not alone. 

In a Qualitycast North first, we explore planetary health and sustainable health care with Dr. Maura Brown, a radiologist at BC Cancer in Vancouver and a strong advocate for sustainability in medical imaging. D

Dr. Brown discusses the scale of health care’s carbon footprint, how quality improvement science can help teams and facilities bring a sustainability lens to their work, and practical ways to address climate anxiety. She also shares steps we can take today, this week, and this month to reduce our own carbon footprint. For anyone ready to take planetary health seriously, Dr. Brown offers the motivation to take that important first step.

Links:

Cascades Canada: 

Environment Sustainability in Radiology

Sustainable QI

Climate Communications: 

Katherine Hayhoe

Potential Energy Coalition: 

Nonprofit marketing and research group that focuses on planet-wide climate communication. They conduct advanced message testing and human-centered research to uncover the most effective ways to talk about climate change and drive public demand for solutions Potential Energy

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: 

TED Talk: How to Find Joy in Climate Action

EAT Lancet Commission: 

The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

Shift – Action for pension wealth and planet health: 

Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet