What are “Green Teams”? What role do they play in helping raise environmental awareness at UMMC?
Green Teams are interdisciplinary teams that identify, plan and implement environmentally sustainable initiatives, such as waste reduction, energy conservation and environmentally preferable purchasing. The Green Teams at UMMC are really the driving force behind all of our environmental initiatives. As a member of one UMMC Green Team, what “green” initiatives have you helped implement at the medical center? As I mentioned, I started the alkaline battery recycling program. I have also engaged about 60 nurses with our greening efforts and organized the University Farmers’ Market. You mention playing a key role in the creation of the University Farmers’ Market. Please talk about the goals and mission of the market, and how it’s done to date. The Farmers’ Market took about a year to plan prior to opening. The goal of the market is to provide healthier food options to UMMC employees, patients, visitors, UMB staff and students and the larger community of Baltimore’s West Side. When food is p
