[SustainableTompkins] Finger Lakes Health and Sustainability Conference

[GayNicholson at aol.com]

Register now for  Health & Sustainability Conference   
WHAT: Conference linking public health  issues and sustainable living in the 
Finger Lakes region 
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WHEN: 10:30 am – 5 pm, Saturday, September 15,  2007 
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WHERE: Hill Center, Ithaca College campus 
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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. 
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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. 
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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.   
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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. 
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YOUR HOSTS: Sustainable Tompkins and the Ithaca College School of Health 
Sciences & Human  Performance. 
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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. 
 
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E-MAIL CONTACT: Gay Nicholson,  Sustainable Tompkins Program Coordinator,  
gay at sustainabletompkins.org






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