Weill Cornell Medicine

Dept of Anesthesia held a sneaker drive -- to recycle or re-distribute old sneakers. If anyone has any -- there are bins in the DHK and G3 OR locker rooms. Or contact me -- dck7002@med.cornell.edu

Good working relationships will make your job more enjoyable. People who enjoy working with their coworkers tend to consciously and unconsciously work harder, as they enjoy their current situation and want their company to do well in the future.

I would like to encourage everyone to listen to one or more of the webinars in the Climate-Smart Health Care Series organized by our colleagues from the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education at Columbia University and Health Care Without Harm US (you can also listen to past recordings). They are very informative on different topics...

No Starbucks today! Avoiding take-away coffee, reusable cup if out.

I have a time on my lights in frequently used places in my home so the lights go off after a 15 minutes. I also don't use lights during the way. LET THE SUN IN!

If you'd like to donate gently used clothes and books, we're having a Stop & Swap event on Thursday, April 25th in the Olin Hall Gym (445 E 69th St, basement). All the material that will not be exchanged at the end of the day, will be donated to Goodwill. More info here:...

Green Gratitude post: Today, I'd like to thank all the people who play a role, big or small, in WCM sustainability's effort. First of all, I'd like to thank my boss Angela Mu, Associate Director of Energy & Sustainability, and Mike Murphy, Senior Director of FMCO. Without them, the Office of Energy & Sustainability would not exist. My...

If you would like to volunteer in NYC during a park clean-up, there are some events planned for the month of April by the Department of Sanitation: https://www.sanitationfoundation.org/nyc-big-spring-clean

For those who want to learn about Recycling at work, here is our website page on recycling https://sustainability.weill.cornell.edu/waste-recycling. In the image below you can find the most common recycling mistakes. The worst mistake is to put food and liquid residues in the recycling. This contaminates the entire bag of recycling. Make sure...

I'd like to remind everyone that today there is a blood drive in the Olin Hall gym (445 E 69th St, basement) from 12 pm to 6 pm. https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/320835