CARING NATURE’s Post

🌿Check out the net-zero roadmap for healthcare designed by the Operation Zero project.   The Operation Zero project, co-funded by the European Commission and led by Health Care Without Harm and Arup, has designed an innovative methodology for health authorities to measure their #healthcare #emissions and implement a #roadmap to reach net-zero healthcare system by 2050. 🏨🌱   🌍Between 2021 and 2022, this methodology has been tested and validated in three European health authorities, located in Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal to come up with detailed carbon footprint analyses and consistent decarbonization roadmaps.   Since 2022, the methodology is being refined in two other health authorities located in Belgium and Ireland. A community of practice is also being set up to ensure the replicability of the roadmap across Europe. 🙌CARING NATURE, with 10 #sustainable #solutions for healthcare, supports this initiative towards low-carbon healthcare services. 🏨🌱 Learn more about the methodology ⬇️  #healthcare #health #HorizonEurope #climate-neutral #EUprojects #Decarbonisation #Roadmap #SustainableHealthcare #Sustainabilitymodel Hospital General de Granollers | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Cyprus University of Technology | LUT University | University of West Attica | archipelago architects | 4D Architects Amsterdam | ERCS Ltd | Idea75 | G.A.C. Group (France) | RINA | SIMAVI Software Imagination & Vision | DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. | Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS | University Hospital Heidelberg (UKHD) | Päijät-Hämeen hyvinvointialue | @7th Health Region Crete | Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Funding Opportunity: Design-led solutions to address specific challenges around the theme of more-than-human design. #design #research #innovation #greenfuture   Round 3 of AHRC Design Exchange Partnerships (DEPs) seek to demonstrate tangible impact on local communities by stimulating the real-world application of high-quality design research to address challenges related to achieving green transition goals. For this round the theme of more-than-human, includes areas such as design and use of technology, materials, the natural world and urban environments. The full economic cost of each collaborative project can be up to £62,500 for six months or £125,000 for 12 months, plus 5% – 10% contribution from the non-academic partner organisation. AHRC will fund 80% of the full economic cost.   Opportunity opens on 2 May with a programme launch event (TBC), application development surgeries in July (dates TBC), submission deadline 12 September. More details here: https://lnkd.in/ewVfKGic

Major news for digital healthcare innovation in Northern Ireland👇 A £2.5M UK Research and Innovation / EPSRC funding award will fuel the Digital Health Technologies Accelerator (DHTA), a new Northern Ireland-based consortium led by Ulster University with partners at Queen's University Belfast, Belfast City Council, Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI), Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and 14 MedTech companies in the Belfast area. This initiative will help translate cutting-edge research into sustainable, digital healthcare solutions - creating jobs, driving investment, and boosting economic growth.   The DHTA will support two Queen's-led innovation centres, Momentum One Zero and iREACH Health, alongside academics from Queen's University Belfast | Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences to help foster a thriving digital health cluster across the region.   Professor Adele Marshall Professor Mark Lawler Professor Maire O'Neill Dr Stephen McCabe #medtech #innovation

Here we are, aiming at finding a new framework for sustainable healthcare and developing new solutions to be applied in our end-users settings #sustainablehealthcare #planetaryhealth Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

🌍 How do you work with sustainability? This is one of our themes in every newsletter. Last time Sara Widén (psychologist at Karolinska Institutet) told us about integrating sustainable development in education. She has committed to providing health professionals with knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development. A key group in achieving this is our teachers.  – We conducted a focus group study to explore teachers’ perceived preconditions for the task and what support they need. Based on the study’s results, we are now developing educational support to be pilot-tested in autumn 2025, explains Sara Widén. More on the integration of sustainable development into education ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dgbKjxnu 🔸 How does your organisation work with sustainability? If you want to present this in Stockholm Science Citys newsletter, email us at info@ssci.se! 🔸 If you wish to receive our newsletter, sign up on www.ssci.se/nyhetsbrev or email info@ssci.se #lifescience #Hagastaden #sustainability

Submit your Abstract for the RSA Annual Conference 2025 , for the special session on Innovation Districts, with João Leitão, Dina Pereira, Dr Vanessa Ratten. This panel aims to delve into the diverse aspects of Innovation Districts, providing a thorough examination of both prominent and overlooked areas. We are looking for empirical and innovative research that offer evidences, new perspectives and practical recommendations for the development of IDs. Topics of interest are: Socio-Economic Impact (ex-post and/or prospective); Sectoral specialization and Cluster based ecosystems; Sustainability and inclusivity; Business development strategies; Urban Planning and Design; Functional mix & innovation; Policy Issues; Governance; Case Studies, .. https://lnkd.in/dD53kYNX! #RSA25 Special Sessions Submission at: https://lnkd.in/dYSXmtRm  Abstract submission deadline (19th December 2024),

🏨The #healthcare sector has a severe #climate footprint, accounting for 4,4% of global CO2 emissions, almost twice that of the aviation industry.  ☁️Energy intensive heating and powering systems in hospitals and manufacturing supply chains, medical waste disposal, transport, etc. are top sources of healthcare’s carbon emissions 🩺🌱World Health Organization identifies a cyclic and paradoxical relation linking health and climate change: the healthcare sector contributes to threaten the #environment and damaged environments are responsible for one quarter of the global burden of disease. 🤝As the third largest emitter of healthcare-related carbon, the European Union has a major role to play towards decarboniszng the healthcare sector, and thus improving human health. CARING NATURE will be a leading project in this direction. 📢Learn more about the carbon footprint of the healthcare sector with a report from Health Care Without Harm (2019) ⬇️ #healthcare #health #decarbonation #greendeal #greentransition #EUproject #innovation #wastemanagement #carbonfootprint Hospital General de Granollers | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Cyprus University of Technology | LUT University | University College Dublin | University of West Attica | archipelago architects | 4D Architects Amsterdam | ERCS Ltd | Idea75 | G.A.C. Group (France) | RINA | SIMAVI Software Imagination & Vision | DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. | Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS | University Hospital Heidelberg (UKHD)) | Päijät-Hämeen hyvinvointialue | @7th Health Region Crete | Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Province and university strengthen their joint commitment to #transitions in Utrecht. As of 1 February 2024, the Provincie Utrecht and the Utrecht University School of Governance (USG) (USBO (Universiteit Utrecht)) have agreed to a three-year agreement for research into sustainability and health innovations in the province of Utrecht. The research is action-oriented: the researchers, together with stakeholders from the region, will be looking for opportunities for innovations to accelerate the transitions. Both parties are enthusiastic about the agreement. Albert Meijer, Professor of Public Innovation at USG says: "We think it is very important to make an active contribution to accelerating transitions in the province of Utrecht. Through the Fellowship, the boundary between science and policy can be further bridged." Do you want to know more about how this collaboration accelerates transitions? Learn more via the article below👇 https://lnkd.in/expi-Fm4

 “The complexity of needs in society between sustainable development and digital transformation” will be one of the topics addressed during the Researchers' Night pre-event organized on Sept. 23 by UNINA's Department of Public Health. It will be an opportunity to identify innovative approaches to support an active and healthy lifestyle throughout the life cycle, also taking into account smart health age-friendly environments. Particularly important is the intergenerational structure of the event to share topics such as green and digital transition. UNINA, as a partner of #NewEcoSmart, is promoting green&digital comparisons and activities. Continue following us #EUfunded; #Community; #Sustainability CETEM - Centro Tecnológico del Mueble y la Madera Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II CEIPES ETS SHINE 2Europe #ADELO #AMUEBLA CTIC Technology Centre Ayuntamiento de Yecla

Last week, I had the chance to present the first stage of my research at #ATRF2024 Conference and PhD Symposium, held at Monash University, Melbourne. One of the key areas discussed at this conference was the integration of transport and land use planning, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and government agencies. It seems that our research is becoming more relevant to this context. The title of my presentation was “Exploring the association between housing type and travel behaviour: A focus on public transport use in Melbourne”. Our finding showed that: •      Access to public transport significantly influences public transport use. •      Apartment residents tend to use public transport more than residents in separate housing, even after controlling for access to public transport. However, the share of public transport use varies by trip purpose. •      Work-related and education trips accounted for the greatest share of public transport use across all housing types – likely due to their regularity and predictability. •      Results suggest that other factors (e.g. socio-demographic, attitudes, preferences) influence public transport use among apartment residents in Melbourne. •      The next stages of our research explore the determinants of public transport use among apartment residents and how these factors shape their decisions regarding public transport use. Special thanks to my supervisors - Chris De Gruyter, Afshin Jafari, and Sarah Foster - for their commitment to my PhD project and contributions to this presentation (and paper!), and #ATRF2024 organisers for their efforts in making the conference happen.