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Green Health Care Online Program
 The
Green Health Care Online program is an 8-week online
course offered four times per year. Participants
collaborate online to exchange strategies and pioneer ideas for affecting change within their communities and medical
practices. The tuition is $495 for professionals and $250 for students
in the health care field. The format is weekly audio lectures, readings,
weekly assignments, online discussion.
The goals of the course are:
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Current research and theory supporting Sustainable Medicine
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Best Practices for introducing affordable and renewable green health care into your consultations
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Strategies for affecting positive change for the environment and medical practices
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Connect with other forward-thinking healthcare professionals
The purpose of the course is to prepare health professionals to become leaders in the emerging discipline of Sustainable Medicine. The Green Health Care Online course reviews up-to-date theory and research behind Sustainable Medicine and introduces participants to the best practices for initiating green health care—from greening their offices, to offering affordable and renewable medical treatments, and promoting community and environmental health.
WHAT IS GREEN HEALTH CARE?
Green Health Care Online 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. Participants collaborate online to exchange
strategies and pioneer ideas for affecting change within their communities
and medical practices. The online, interactive dialogue among like-minded
professionals creates a supportive and inspiring learning environment.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The reality of widespread environmental degradation and the presence of
environmental health hazards in many aspects of our day-to-day life pose a
significant and increasing challenge to human health. Surprisingly,
conventional medical practices have vastly contributed to the deterioration
of the environment. Hospitals are producing over 2 million tons of medical
waste each year. The repercussions are widespread. For example, 80% of
our rivers, lakes, and streams contain traces of commonly prescribed
pharmaceuticals, such as antibiotics, steroids and hormones, blood
pressure medications, and pain relievers. An over-reliance on
pharmaceutical and high-technology-based medicine generates significant
amounts of pollution and solid waste, to the exclusion of medical
treatments that are safe, effective, and sustainable. All of these practices
vastly contribute to the degradation of the environment and human health.
The Hippocratic Oath says “First,do no harm.” We trust and value our
health care providers and institutions as places to find healing and healthy
environments as well as knowledge of environmental risks. It is thus ironic
and unacceptable that the current system of conventional medicine, though
at times highly effective, also poses a significant threat to human and
environmental health. We can and we must do better.
GREEN HEALTH CARE ONLINE: A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTALLY-SUSTAINABLE MEDICINE
Sustainable Medicine recognizes that human health and the environment are inextricably linked. Our online course offers:
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Current research and theory supporting Sustainable Medicine
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Best Practices for introducing affordable and renewable green health care into your consultations
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Strategies for affecting positive change for the environment and medical practices
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Connect with other forward-thinking healthcare professionals
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Sustainable Medicine offers
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Strategies and resources for helping patients live healthier lives
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Opportunities for health care providers and patients to save money
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A safer and healthier clinical environment for clients, staff and oneself, and
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Knowledge that new solutions exist and that one’s actions impact health care and the environment.
Most importantly, many participants report renewed inspiration for
improving health care. Other benefits include collaborative opportunities with other Green Health Care professionals to serve the growing market of people committed to green living and public recognition through promotional activities, events and news stories.
COURSE TOPICS
1. Leadership and Green Health Care
2.Integral Theory and Medicine
3.Ecological Literacy
4.Sustainability
5.Sustainable Medicine
6.Precautionary Principle and Wellness
7. Biological Systems and Stressors
8.Green Pharmacy
For course objectives visit
the Teleosis
Institute web page.
GREEN WORKPLACE AUDIT
Course participants will receive the Green Health Care
Office Audit to evaluate efficiency in the following areas of utilities and operation:
FACULTY
Joel Kreisberg, DC, MA - is the founder and Executive Director of the Teleosis Institute. Currently adjunct faculty member for John F. Kennedy University's Masters Program in Holistic Health Education and an instructor at the Acupuncture and Integrative Medical College. Dr. Kreisberg completed his Doctor of Chiropractic from New York Chiropractic College and a Master of Arts in Integral Ecology from Prescott College. Dr. Kreisberg serves as the chair of Sustainable Berkeley. He has been teaching and lecturing worldwide over twenty
years.
Dr, Kreisberg has been a leading educator in the field of homeopathic medicine for many years. He founded the Council on Homeopathic Education and has founded and directed the Teleosis School of Homeopathy. In more recent years his interests have changed somewhat into teaching in the field of green health care and sustainable medicine.
Calista Hunter, MD - is board certified in both endocrinology and internal medicine. She attended medical school at Temple University and has practiced in the Diablo Valley since 1985. She has specialized in women's health issues, eating disorders, osteoporosis, thyroid disorders, weight management, PMS and menopause. She has also obtained a MA in Culture and Spirituality and has training in
cranio-sacral work.
Niyati Desai, MA - is Program Director at Teleosis Institute, where she manages the Green Health Care Program, Green Pharmacy Program and Symbiosis: The Journal of Ecologically Sustainable Medicine. In addition, Niyati is adjunct faculty and Internship Coordinator at California Institute of Integral Studies. Finally, she is an integrative nutrition educator for female inmates at San Francisco County Jail, a program offered through
NextCourse.
TESTIMONIAL
"GHC revives some outside interests I have had for many years, and helps me see a way to weave my concerns about the whole environment with my medical practice. It gives a big dose of hope because it really resonates with my
heart."
-Dr. Pam Pappas
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