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Volunteering For Our Planet Thank you! Volunteers around the world registered more than 1.5 million hours of environmental activities during our campaign, covering the six months to International Volunteer Day, 5 December 2009. The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme reported that number to the delegates of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP15, in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009. We also invited delegates to take photos as ‘volunteers for our planet’. A photo gallery is available here. During a press conference at the COP15 meeting, UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri said, "Volunteers do. Volunteers act. They are doing something about climate change; making things happen and improving lives. Millions of people are taking action for the environment as volunteers. Their actions are more powerful than any statement about solving climate change and they deserve recognition and support. Governments need to take note and include volunteers in their solutions to climate change." Ms Pansieri told the press conference that the UNV campaign for International Volunteer Day, 'Volunteering for our Planet', had drawn a massive response from volunteers in developing countries. "Volunteers are a huge, under-used source of renewable energy. Their efforts are bringing benefits where they are needed the most; at the community level, in developing countries. 1.5 million hours is a large response but it is the tip of the iceberg: an iceberg that is growing. "Across the world, and especially in developing countries, volunteers continue to do wonderful work, conserving biodiversity, exploring alternatives to fossil fuels and biomass, educating others and developing clean water and sanitation. Every action is worth a thousand statements," she said.
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samedi 9 janvier 2010
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Leadership in Green Health Care
Certificate & Certification Training Directory for Job Training and Career Certification
Develop credibility for job entry & career transitions
Certificate & Certification Training Directory for Job Training and Career Certification
Develop credibility for job entry & career transitions
Leadership in Green Health Care
Leadership in Green Health Care is an online training program for health professionals seeking to promote sustainability and protect our limited environmental resources.
Leadership In Green Health Care prepares health professionals to become leaders in the emerging discipline of Sustainable Medicine. Sustainable medicine recognizes the link between the environment, medicine and human health and seeks to provide better health care while protecting our limited environmental and medical resources.
Best Practices in Green Health Care
The Leadership in Green Health Care course reviews research behind sustainable medicine and introduces participants to the best practices for initiating green health care-- including
- greening health care offices,
- offering affordable and renewable medical treatments
- promoting community
- promoting environmental health
Participants in this green health care program collaborate online to exchange strategies and pioneer sustainable delivery ideas for affecting restorative and sustainable change within their communities and medical practices.
Online, interactive dialogue among sustainable community-minded professionals creates a supportive and inspiring learning environment.
This Leadership in Green Health Care program uses an integral process designed specifically for health care professionals.
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