Through receipt of a $20,000 grant from the National Religious Partnership for the Environment (NRPE) and the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change The Catholic Health Association — in cooperation with Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), Denver; Covenant Health Systems, Lexington, Mass.; and Trinity Health, Novi, Mich., — undertook a year-long initiative (starting in late 2008) to develop educational programs and build collaborative activities. The goals were to respond to energy efficiencies within health care facilities as well as explore the health care impact on persons who are poor and how Catholic health care might better respond.
Working together, CHA, CHI, Covenant and Trinity provided leadership for others in the ministry by:
- Developing resources that include an educational booklet and other instructional and motivational materials on climate change.
- Presenting information about climate change and what Catholic health care can do to mitigate the problem.
- Assembling a faculty of experts available to mentor facilities motivated to decrease energy use and emissions.
- Creating an action plan for decreasing energy consumption and emissions in the health care organizations as well as in the work and personal lives of associates.
- Collaborating with other organizations to build consensus and replicate successful practices that decrease energy consumption.
This grant provided the Catholic health ministry an opportunity to advance the health of the communities it services by addressing crucial environmental concerns.
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Climate Change Bookmarks
This bookmark highlights the Catholic Health Association’s Climate Change initiative, titled Faithfully Healing the Earth, and an A to Z guide that offers helpful suggestions for reducing our carbon footprint.Sold in packages of 50
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Faithfully Healing the Earth Poster
This poster is part of a greater initiative, Faithfully Healing the Earth: Catholic Health Care and Climate Change. The poster highlights climate change as an important issue for us as faith-based providers of health care and consumers of energy. It was developed along with a booklet, Faithfully Healing the Earth: Catholic Health Care and Climate Change, that introduces Catholic health care leaders to the issues surrounding Climate Change and to suggest steps that can be taken to address this escalating, but solvable problem. The poster and 26-page booklet are provided as part of a ministry–wide effort to raise awareness about global climate change being undertaken by the Catholic Health Association – in cooperation with Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), Denver; Covenant Health Systems, Lexington, Mass.; and Trinity Health, Novi, Mich. The effort is funded through receipt of a grant from the National Religious Partnership for the Environment (NRPE) and the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change.
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Faithfully Healing the Earth: Climate Change and Catholic Health Care Booklet
This resource for Catholic health ministry, Faithfully Healing the Earth: Catholic Health Care and Climate Change, highlights the many reasons why climate change is an important issue for us as faith-based providers of health care and consumers of energy. It was developed to introduce Catholic health care leaders to the issues surrounding Climate Change and to suggest steps that can be taken to address this escalating, but solvable problem. The 26-page booklet is provided as part of a ministry–wide effort to raise awareness about global climate change being undertaken by the Catholic Health Association – in cooperation with Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), Denver; Covenant Health Systems, Lexington, Mass.; and Trinity Health, Novi, Mich. The effort is funded through receipt of a grant from the National Religious Partnership for the Environment (NRPE) and the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change. There is also an accompanying poster that can be ordered.