Maintaining a Healthy Planet

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Deaconess1Deaconess is dedicated to high-quality patient care and improving the overall quality of life and environment for those in, and outside, our community. To assist in carrying out this mission, the Deaconess Green Team is devoted to environmental sustainability.

The Deaconess Green Team is responsible for green initiatives such as the Deaconess Farmer’s Market, the Deaconess Green Mugs and Deaconess Earth Week, as well as encouraging recycling, waste reduction, efficient energy usage, use of greener building materials and conservation throughout the health system.

Local Resources

Travel GreenEvansville Transit (METS) 
Evansville MPO
Map My Ride
Bikely.com
Biking directions on GoogleMaps
Evansville-Area Trails Coalition
Bicycle Indiana
RecycleEvansville
Newburgh
Kentucky 
Southern Illinois
Get InvolvedA Bench for Caps Project
Keep Evansville Beautiful
Evanvsville Parks & Recreation
Evansville Dept. of S.E.E.Q.
Wesselman Nature Society
Sustainable Evansville Area Coalition
People Power

 

Sustainability

1 COMMENT

  1. Here’s an free consulting innovation ideation: 🙂
    The Deaconess campuses for some needed “real green sustainability” based local projected EPA mandates and The 2013 Whitehouse Executive office climate action plan June 2013,and the 2012 clean water plan.

    Start working innovation to reduce Deaconess campuses storm water run off by 30% by 2017.
    Apply for development funding from Federal and State climate change infrastructure planning. (Urban infrastructure planning for climate change.)
    Begin planning/implementation forward of the Evansville areas mandated CSO issue. 🙂
    Take action that is green infrastructure sustainability moving forward.
    Recover and restrain/controlled release storm water run off at all clinic and campus sites area wide.
    Apply engineered solutions to Roof tops and parking infrastructure rain run off,find green use for non-potable rain controlled release to system such as landscape management. through controlled release.

    Lead this Healthy Evansville sewer renovation for planet impact. 🙂

    Combine the Deaconess footprint wide assets to meet at least 40% reduction in storm water run off to sanitary sewer combinations.

    Just an thought. :/

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