PROJECTS
Healing Needs Nature: Bring the Forest to Your City
September 24, 2025
Imagine you’re sitting in your doctor’s office. You’ve been feeling anxious, overwhelmed, maybe a bit disconnected. After listening carefully, your physician reaches for their prescription pad. But instead of writing a medication, they scribble something unexpected: “20 minutes of nature every day.”
Laying the Foundation for a Net-Zero Future in Health Care
March 28, 2025
Combermere, Ontario, March 27, 2025 – The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (the Coalition) proudly marks the successful completion of the first year of the ‘Preparing Canada’s Health Care Buildings for Net-Zero’ project. Supported by the Government of Canada’s Low Carbon Economy Implementation Readiness Fund, this initiative is equipping health care organisations with the
Join the Nix the Nitrous/Pas de protoxyde Movement in Canadian Hospitals
February 21, 2025
Combermere, Ontario: February 21, 2025 – Canada’s premier green health care resource network, the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, has launched a new initiative in its sustainable health arsenal to help Canada’s hospitals (and clinics) deal with the negative impacts of nitrous oxide (N2O) storage and use. Enter Nix the Nitrous, part of a
Experts call for a greener health care system
February 13, 2025
Speaking at the GLOBExCHANGE conference on Wednesday, medical experts warned that as climate change worsens, hospitals and clinics are contributing to the problem. They are calling for a national strategy to decarbonize healthcare, ensuring that health facilities and supply chains reduce their emissions before the sector’s carbon footprint worsens the very health crises it aims to
Exploring efforts to reduce single-use plastics in healthcare
February 11, 2025
A new national awareness campaign aims to help reduce and better reuse plastics in health care settings. The 3 year government-funded project is a collaboration between CCGHC and Hamilton Health Sciences.
Lancement d’une nouvelle campagne nationale visant à réduire/réutiliser les plastiques dans les soins de santé.
January 21, 2025
21 janvier 2025 – La Coalition canadienne pour un système de santé écologiques (la Coalition), en collaboration avec Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), lancera une nouvelle initiative nationale de sensibilisation à la réduction et à la réutilisation des plastiques dans les établissements de soins de santé. Ce projet de trois ans est financé par Environnement et
Launch of new national campaign to reduce/reuse plastics in health care
January 21, 2025
January 21, 2025 –The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care (the Coalition), in collaboration with Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) will launch a new national awareness initiative to reduce and reuse plastics in health care settings. This three-year project is funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Reducing single use plastic (SUP) usage and waste
Nitrous gas squandered in health care facilities
November 19, 2024
Canadian health care providers will be urged to “nix the nitrous” in a new campaign to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from leaky centralized delivery systems for the anesthetic gas.