Sustainability and Your Health

SOURCES:

Steven Cohen, PhD, senior vice dean, School of Professional Studies, Columbia University, New York City; director, Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management, The Earth Institute, New York City.

United Nations: “Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages,” “The 17 Goals.”

Adrienne L. Hollis, PhD, senior climate justice and health scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists, Bowie, MD.

U.S. Department of Energy: “Sustainability.”

U.S. Department of Agriculture: “Food Waste FAQs,” “Sustainability.”

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: “Industrial Uses for Wasted Food,” “Laws & Regulations,” “Sustainable Management of Food: Food Recovery Hierarchy.”

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health “Sustainability.”

Caroline Passerrello, registered dietitian nutritionist; instructor, University of Pittsburgh; spokesperson, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): “Sustainable Housing Initiative.”

Health Care Without Harm: “Sustainable Health Care.”

Practice Greenhealth: “Promoting Sustainable Health Care.”

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: “Global Environmental Health and Sustainable Development.”

American Beekeeping Federation: “Pollination Facts.”

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): “What Is Sustainability?”

Green & Healthy Homes Initiative: “8 Elements of a Green and Healthy Home.”

Yale Sustainability: “Yale Experts Explain Net Zero Healthcare.”

EnvironmentalScience.org: “What Is Sustainability and Why Is It Important?”

Health Promotion International: “Health and sustainability.”