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Commission honors Health Care Without Harm and local organizer Poder for environmental justice and sustainability work

San Francisco Commission on the Environment · May 23, 2017
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Summary

The Commission presented Environmental Service Awards to Health Care Without Harm and Poder; Health Care Without Harm described global hospital sustainability work and local collaborations; Poder highlighted community-led urban farming, youth programs and anti‑displacement activism.

The Commission recognized two organizations with Environmental Service Awards. Commissioner Ollos introduced Josh Carliner of Health Care Without Harm and Antonio Diaz of Poder and invited each to speak.

Josh Carliner, international director for program and strategy at Health Care Without Harm, described the organization's 21‑year global network, work to eliminate mercury in health care, closure of thousands of…

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