Register now for Health & Sustainability Conference WHAT: Conference linking public health issues and sustainable living in the Finger Lakes region ---------------- WHEN: 10:30 am – 5 pm, Saturday, September 15, 2007 ---------------- WHERE: Hill Center, Ithaca College campus ---------------- WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Health care professionals, educators, building managers, planners, policy makers, sustainability leaders, media, and anyone else concerned about health care in relation to global climate change and other emerging threats. The conference is open to all, and interested citizens are encouraged to attend. ---------------- WHY: New global disease patterns, environmental toxins, the obesity epidemic, untreated preventable diseases, and more frequent and destructive natural disasters are resulting in unprecedented stresses to our health care systems. Health & Sustainability Conference speakers, consultants, and exhibitors will present information on sustainable solutions to many of these stresses. --------------- WHO WILL SPEAK: Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will outline the health care threats of intensified heatwaves, sprawl development, and chemical exposures and how to reduce these risks by rethinking how we live and work. Marie Kulick, author of Healthy Food, Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Communities, will talk about the importance of providing fresh, healthy foods for hospitals. She is leading a pilot farm-to-hospital program in the Midwest to bring locally-grown and organic foods to patient rooms and hospital cafeterias. Derek Cabrera, a visiting fellow at Cornell University and founder of ThinkWorks, will share ideas about using systems thinking and modeling in the health care field. Other speakers include Sandra Steingraber, an environmental researcher, author, and cancer survivor whose work is often compared to that of Rachel Carson. ---------------- HOW TO SIGN UP: Registration is $25 per person ($30 after Sept 1) which includes information sessions, lunch, exhibits, and a dessert reception where chefs will compete to provide the tastiest treats made from healthy ingredients. For more information and to register, contact the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, _www.tompkinschamber.org_ () , 607-273-7080. ------------------- YOUR HOSTS: Sustainable Tompkins and the Ithaca College School of Health Sciences & Human Performance. ------------------ THANK YOU TO: The Park Foundation, Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, TC3 Department of Nursing, HOLT Architects, and Cayuga Medical Center. ----------------- E-MAIL CONTACT: Gay Nicholson, Sustainable Tompkins Program Coordinator, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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