The Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education (CME) is dedicated to advancing patient and population health by advancing the abilities and expertise of healthcare providers through a range of activities including conferences, workshops, simulations, seminars, live webcasts, and tools for self-directed learning.
Director Kurt Snyder and Marketing Manager Mary Sisney are committed to not only educating the world’s medical professionals but also fostering sustainable practices within both teaching and clinical environments.
Kurt describes CME as one of Stanford’s “best kept secrets” in that it is one of the largest event hosts at the university. With large events come great responsibility, specifically for sustainability. With this in mind, Kurt, Mary, and their team worked together to design an infographic that depicts data from over 80 responses from other CME centers and medical schools throughout the region about their operations. It offers users helpful information on ways to reduce the carbon footprint of their events. Refusing to accept the status quo, Kurt and Mary have helped spread awareness about sustainable event planning within the medical education field.
Witness how fellow students, staff, and faculty are creating a wasteless community, and gain inspiration to implement waste-wise practices in your daily decisions.
Stanford has set a new benchmark for sustainability at live events through its first major concert hosted by Stanford Athletics and Stanford Live. Sustainable Stanford hosted a fireside chat with sustainability leadership from Live Nation and Warner Music Group in tandem with this milestone.
From reducing embodied carbon in construction to piloting organic landscape management, the annual Student Sustainability Symposium highlighted how student-led innovation is driving sustainability at Stanford.
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