You still have time to register! Health & Sustainability Conference Saturday, September 15, 10:30 am – 5 pm Hill Center, Ithaca College Sustainable Tompkins and Ithaca College are offering this one-time chance to join your colleagues from across New York to explore the connections between health, sustainable ways of living and working, and our economic viability. The goal of the conference is to start a regional conversation between health care providers, educators, elected officials, and local citizens about how to design our communities, workplaces, hospitals, schools, and homes in ways that support our health. We need to do a better job of working together to change the worrisome trends we face in obesity-related disease and exposure to environmental toxins. We simply can’t afford the growing costs of these epidemics. The conference offers a multi-faceted approach to solving these problems. Keynote speaker Dr. Jonathan Patz, a medical researcher from the University of Wisconsin who has briefed Congress on the health threats of climate change, will outline ways to reduce the risks associated with intensified heatwaves, sprawl development, and chemical exposures. Three concurrent sessions will be offered in the afternoon. Facility staff and business managers will want to attend the Greening Medical Facilities session to learn how to save money and protect building occupants by greening their operations to reduce energy consumption, waste, and pollution. -- Paul Levesque, Andrew Gil, and Stephen Beck, LEED-accredited professionals, will discuss ways to design, build and retrofit greener health care facilities for cost savings and improved productivity. --Russell Mankes, of Albany Medical College, will show proven ways to reduce hazardous medical waste and save on disposal fees. -- Marie Kulick, leader of a program in the Midwest that brings locally-grown and organic foods to patient rooms and cafeterias, will present a nationally-recognized program on healthier food for care facilities. Elected officials, planners, and physicians will want to attend the Healthy Communities session: -- Sandra Steingraber, an environmental researcher, author, and cancer survivor whose work is often compared to that of Rachel Carson, will talk about ways to reduce toxins in our environment. -- Michael J. Ball, Director of Planning and Implementation for the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, will present a case study on how a healthy infrastructure can lead to a healthier population. Health educators and policymakers charged with addressing our complex public health problems will want to sign up for a session on using systems thinking in public health: --Derek Cabrera, visiting fellow at Cornell University and founder of ThinkWorks, will share ideas about using systems thinking and modeling in the health care field. -- Philip Haberstro, CEO of the Wellness Institute of Buffalo and Western New York, will discuss cross-sector strategic actions for creating community health and wellbeing. -- Shira Adriance, Whole Project Community Coordinator for Cornell Cooperative Extension, will discuss ways communities can help combat childhood obesity by engaging all the influential actors in children’s lives. -- Geoffrey Moore, director of the Cayuga Center for Healthy Living, will talk about how to integrate good health into personal lifestyles. Registration is $30 per person, which includes networking sessions, opportunities to meet with consultants, lunch, exhibits, and a dessert reception. The conference is open to all, and interested citizens are welcome to attend. For more information and to register, contact the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, _www.tompkinschamber.org_ () , 607-273-7080. The conference is presented by Sustainable Tompkins and the Ithaca College School of Health Sciences & Human Performance, with support from 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, Taitem Engineering and Cayuga Medical Center. Gay Nicholson, Sustainable Tompkins Program Coordinator, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
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