Weill Cornell Medicine

I wear machine-washable suits and neckties to conferences and professional functions to keep from having to dry-clean them.

The National Resources Defense Council has a nice summary: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/what-greenwashing

I went to donate blood today but I was just a touch too anemic. You could blame my vegan lifestyle, but once I thought about ensuring I was getting enough iron it wasn't a problem until today. I guess I've been slacking off. Oh well, I can donate blood in May.

I pledge to revamp the waste sorting in our office break room by the end of 2025!

Some photos from yesterday's event! Thank you to the amazing volunteers!

The most important thing I learned from my waste-sorting tour was that NYP has to pay for ALL trash removal and contracts with facilities that are different from NYC. A good motto for teaching recycling within the hospital might be "NYP is NOT NYC: We recycle differently!". I'm going to use this knowledge to help improve recycling in...

Spring Clean-Ups! If you are interested in clean-up events, the Sanitation Foundation has a few coming up: https://www.sanitationfoundation.org/upcoming-events.

Packed my bag of items last night to swap at the Stop & Swap freecycle event next week! Shoutout to Lara Pes for coordinating such a great event each year - can't wait!

REMINDER - GAIN EXTRA POINTS participating in our Earth Month events: - Tour of BRB Waste Infrastructure, April 16 - valid towards Recycling Champion or Prevent Recycling Contamination (at work) -Stop&Swap, April 22 - valid towards Donate Items or, if you volunteer for the event, towards Volunteer in My Community (our...

All of our cleaning products - shampoo, face wash, laundry detergent -- and our lotions/creams/makeup - all end up in the water when we take a shower/wash our clothes. Minimizing the amount and types of chemicals we add to our water -- especially in places with minimal water treatment plants will help preserve the quality of water for all...