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June 7, 2022

Caring for health with net zero carbon






Tools for Accounting Healthcare's GHG Emissions

Keith Edgerton, U.S. Associate Director of Climate Solutions, Healthcare without Harm/Practice Greenhealth







Developing Mayo Clinic’s Carbon Calculation Framework

 Amanda Holloway, Sustainability Director, Mayo Clinic 







HealthPartners’ Carbon Reduction Plan

Dana Slade, Sustainability Director HealthPartners


September 30, 2021

Environmental success stories from the pandemic


Decarbonizing Healthcare

Allina Health and energy efficiency


Shanda Demorest, Sustainability Strategy manager, Practice Greenhealth

Suzanne Savanick-Hansen, Sustainability coordinator, Allina Health





Food service & telemedicine successes


Amanda Holloway, Sustainability Director, Mayo Clinic

Dana Slade, Sustainability Director, HealthPartners


Managing COVID waste and waste reduction


Catherine Zimmer, Zimmer Environmental Improvement LLC on behalf of MnTAP

George Johnson, GEMS coordinator, Minneapolis Veteran's Administration Medical Center

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December 13, 2019

Scoping out healthcare purchasing

The cost of ownership: the true cost of products

Beth Eckl, Director, Environmental Purchasing, Practice GreenHealth

Sustainable supply chain, not an oxymoron

Amanda Holloway, Sustainability Director,

Mayo Clinc

Dana Slade, Director of Sustainability Programs, HealthPartners

EPP for your smaller facility

Melissa Peck, Sustainable Materials, Environmental Specialist, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Successful EPP in fleet services

Anne Hunt, Director, MN Office of Enterprise Sustainabilty



June 25, 2019

Change is a comin': Pharmaceutical waste management in Minnesota


Case studies from Hennepin Healthcare and Tri-County Health

Reducing pharmaceutical waste

Changes in Pharmaceutical waste management in Minnesota

Josh Burman, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

The Drug Enforcement Administration perspective

Ginny McKenna, DEA

Vendor offerings

Mellissa Turner, Clean Harbors

Aaron Uecker, Jamison Reginek, Veolia

Denise Deutsch, Jill Ingalls, Stericycle



April 25, 2019

Water, water everywhere?


Supplying water in the Metro

Brian Davis, Metropolitan Council

Minnesota’s groundwater: supply, quality and conservation

Carmelita Nelson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Water conservation success at Hennepin Health & North Memorial Health

Jane Paulson, Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP)

Jordan Reller, North Memorial Health

Protecting patients, protecting water: BMP for water conservation and Legionella

Karla Peterson, Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)



December, 7 2018

Healthy healthcare, healthier homes


What are healthy interiors?

Lindsey Evenson
Sandy Christie
Perkins + Will

Supporting the supply chain in procuring less toxic products.

Melissa Peck, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Healthcare's healthy interiors.

George Johnson, VA Medical Center

Healthier homes, healthier families

Tom Johnson, Clean Water Action/Healthy Legacy



September 26, 2018

Healthcare resiliency: measuring emissions, managing energy & reducing costs


An Enterprise Approach to Sustainability

Larry Herke, Director

Minnesota Office of Enterprise Sustainability

Mitigating climate change: a healthcare toolkit

Lauren Koch, Associate Director Climate & Health

Practice Greenhealth

From the bottom up, people are key to energy savings

Eric O'Neill, PE

Michael's Energy

Prioritizing resources Carbon Footprint Calculations

Sam McKeough, Coordinator

Dana Slade, Director

HealthPartners' Sustainability Office



April 6, 2018

Beyond the Basics: the 4Rs of healthcare waste reduction



Pollution Prevention basics: first Reduce, Reuse, Repair & then, Recycle

Nathan Landwehr, MnTAP


HealthPartners Recycling Program

Dana Slade, Sustainability Director, HealthPartners


Mayo Clinic's recycling program

Glen Goodsell, Recycling Coordinator, Mayo Clilnic



December 11, 2017

"Cutting chloride, clinching clean water"



Environmental effects of Salt

Brooke Asleson, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency


Best Maintenance Practices for Clear Pavement & Clean Water 

Carolyn Dindorf, Fortin Consulting


A win/win: Park Nicollet's award winning snow & ice program

Jim Holm, Park Nicollet Grounds & Site Manager

Charles Glossup, Hantho Farms

September 19, 2017

Energy Efficiency: a prescription for a healthy climate and the bottom line


Mayo Clinic's quest to reduce energy use 20% by 2020. 

Brett Gordon, PE, Mayo Clinic

Focus on clinics & small hospitals: what you can do at work and at home to reduce energy and prevent climate change.

Chris Plum, Center for Energy & the Environment

The health impacts of climate change and how healthcare can respond. (MDH website)

Kristin Raab, MPH, Minnesota Department of Health