Brown Bag Webinars
Free webinars on LCA and sustainability topics
EarthShift Global is pleased to announce a series of free sustainability 'Brown Bag' webinars. These webinars covering a wide range of topics and are delivered by leaders in their respective fields. Each webinar is typically held from 1-2 PM Eastern time with a presentation followed by a Q&A Session.
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Upcoming Webinar:
Healthcare LCAs:
Data, Action, Controversies, and Direction
![medical waste in US and India](client_media/images/the_shift/Waste US and India.jpg)
Image: Medical waste. Image source: Dr. Cassandra Thiel
Date: July 18, 2024
Time: 1:00-2:00pm EST
Presenter: Dr. Cassandra Thiel
Description:
Healthcare globally emits nearly 5% of GHGs annually and consumes 10% of extracted materials. This critical sector is really starting to embrace LCAs and climate action. Our brown bag lecture today will focus on how clinicians are currently utilizing LCA studies and data, where controversies have emerged in this space, and future directions for LCA inspired by the needs of the healthcare sector.
Presenter Bio:
![Dr. Cassandra Thiel](client_media/images/the_shift/_K8A0477.jpg)
Dr. Cassandra Thiel is an Assistant Professor at New York University in the Grossman School of Medicine’s Departments of Population Health and Ophthalmology and the Tandon School of Engineering’s Department of Civil and Urban Engineering. She is also the president and CEO of Clinically Sustainable Consulting LLC.
Her research utilizes life cycle assessment and principles of industrial ecology to analyze and improve the environmental performance of medical systems, hospital design, healthcare practice, and medical technologies.
As a 2014-2015 Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence fellow, Dr. Thiel calculated the environmental footprint of cataract surgery at Aravind Eye Care System in southern India, finding that Aravind’s carbon footprint for phacoemulsification was 5% of the same surgery done in the United Kingdom. She received her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh and BS from Michigan Technological University, both in Civil Engineering. Her graduate training was supported by the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation and an NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT).
Past Brown Bag Webinars:
You can access recordings of prior webinars on the EarthShift Global Official YouTube channel and via the links provided below.
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February 2024
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May 2023
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March 2023 - Part 2
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PART 1 Understanding Biogenic Carbon: The Science and Application of Biogenic Carbon in Life Cycle Assessment
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May 2021
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April 2021
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February 2021
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January 2021
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November 2020
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October 2020
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August 2020
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July 2020
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May 2020
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April 2020
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October 2019
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September 2019
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May 2019
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April 2019
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March 2019
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February 2019
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January 2019
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October 2018
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September 2018
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