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Sustainability at UCSF. Thomas B. Newman, MD, MPH December 4, 2007. Sustainability at UCSF. Context What others are doing What we are doing Discussion: next steps. Context. Potentially catastrophic climate changes loom faster than projected Business as usual is not an option - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Sustainability at UCSF
Thomas B. Newman, MD, MPH
December 4, 2007
Sustainability at UCSF Context What others are doing What we are doing Discussion: next steps
Context
Potentially catastrophic climate changes loom
– faster than projected Business as usual is not an option
– profound changes needed
Cultural Context
"We live in a wasteful, technology driven, individualistic and death-denying culture."
--George Annas, New Engl J Med, 1995
What Others Are Doing
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future– Goal: make sustainability and
environmental literacy a major focus of teaching and research, in addition to service and operations
– Talloires Declaration: 356 Signatories (156 in US and Canada), including UCSB
Harvard Green Campus Initiative Fiscal year 2008 operating budget of $1.8
million– 19 full-time staff– 38 part-time students
Green Campus Loan Fund– $12 million loan fund for conservation projects.
Annual Savings:– “The HGCI has generated annual savings that
far exceed the cost of the programs.” Courses on sustainability
http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/about/funding.php
Kaiser Permanente E-mail (10/12/07) from KP CEO
George Halvorson: KP as the “Queen of Green”– Awards from the EPA, LA-PSR– Favorable stories in WSJ, NPR, JAMA– Spending $24 billion on 4000 new
construction projects by 2014, following 176 environmentally friendly design standards
Global Health and Safety Initiative
Patient, workplace, and environmental safety and sustainability– Sharing best practices– Combining purchasing power– Research– Advocacy/education
UCSF Medical Center one of 22 Co-founding organizations
UCOP Policy on Sustainable Practices (3/22/07) Green buildings, U.C. equivalent to LEED
Certification Clean energy standards
– 20% renewable by 2010– Improve efficiency
Climate protection– Reduce GHG by 2020 to 1990 levels– Measure environmental footprint
College Sustainability Report Card*: B+ (top 5-10%)
*http://www.endowmentinstitute.org/sustainability/ExecutiveSummary2008.pdf
UCSF Sustainability Committee Assoc VC Steve Wiesenthal, chair Work groups
– Budget– Education and communication (chair open)– Green Building– Medical Center– Natural Resources– Procurement– Transportation
Sustainability coordinator: John Pihl
Dept of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Green Committee
All faculty and staff welcome (N~25) Educate/facilitate re: green environment
– Reduce paper use; using 100% recycled paper– Recycling – Commuting: shared bicycles, fast passes, Muni tokens– Seminars
• Carbon offsets• Video conferencing
– Lobby landlord to become LEED building– Menu changes for departmental lunches*
Web site: Google Epidemiology Green Committee
*http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~gidon/papers/nutri/nutriEI.pdf
6 things I know the UCSF leadership cares about
Nobel prizes, IOM, NAS memberships NIH Grant funding ranking Educating students Sexual harassment Protecting human subjects Diversity
6 things I know the Medical Center leadership cares about
US News and World Report Ranking Patient satisfaction Financial performance Confidentiality Quality of care Safety
Next steps Increase visibility and effectiveness of
existing efforts by UCOP, Chancellor, etc– We’re moving in right direction, but behind– Cultural change via Deans, MSO’s, Chairs
Develop new efforts – Sign Tailloires Declaration
– Academic Senate Committee
– “Pathways” model for students
– Carbon offsets for University travel
Health Care Costs
$2,930
$2,820
$2,740
$2,520
$2,160
$2,080
$5,270U.S.
Canada
Germany
France
Sweden
U.K.
Japan
$ Per Capita
OECD, 2004 & Health Affairs 2002; 21(4): 99, Courtesy Bree Johnston, MD
Rank of 13 industrialized nationsRank of 13 industrialized nations
Low birth weight %
Infant mortality
Years of potential life lost
Age adjusted mortality
Life expectancy @ 1 yr
Life expectancy @ 40 yrs
Life expectancy @ 65 yrs
Life expectancy @ 80 yrs
Average for all indicators
BestPoorest
(U.S. in Red)
US ranks 37th out of 191 countries in overall health measures.
Courtesy Bree Johnston, MD
Examples of successful cultural changes
Sexual harassment Valuing diversity Confidentiality