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<title>Green Resources Center | Kaiser Permanente News Center</title> 
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<title>Food Activist Michael Pollan Interviews Kaiser Permanente Journalism Fellows</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the past three years, the Kaiser Permanente Institute of Health Policy has supported a fellowship at the UC Berkeley School of Journalism to encourage better reporting on health policy. Through this fellowship, two graduate students in journalism have the opportunity to investigate issues in food and nutrition policy that influence community health.]]></description>
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<title>Kaiser Permanente Moves to Green Medical Supplies by Converting to Eco-Friendly IV Equipment</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente, committed to improving the health of its patients, workforce and communities, announced today it is converting its IV medical equipment to more eco-friendly alternatives that are free of PVC and DEHP, two industrial chemicals used in plastics that have been shown to harm human and environmental health.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Kaiser Permanente First San Diego Hospital to go Live with Solar Power</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente San Diego went live with solar power on January 20, becoming San Diego County’s first hospital to receive a significant amount of its energy from the sun.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center Goes Live with Solar Power</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center is starting 2012 on a green note as it goes live with solar panels. Installed on the roof of one of the medical center's two parking structures, the solar panels make the Fontana facility one of the area's first major medical centers to receive a significant amount of its energy from the sun.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>HEALing Communities: Building Wellness Zones in the Port Towns of Maryland</title>
<description><![CDATA[Where we live, work and play matters to our health. People tend to live healthier lifestyles when their community supports and promotes healthy living. We can often see correlations between where people live - right down to their ZIP codes - and the incidences of preventable chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Urban Oasis Flourishes in Oregon with Help from Kaiser Permanente</title>
<description><![CDATA[IA vibrant garden grows in an inner-urban, mixed-income housing development in North Portland, Ore. It is part of the community's Village Gardens project, supported by Janus Youth Programs, with help from Kaiser Permanente, one of many  community partners providing financial support and assistance.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Kaiser Permanente Makes Great Strides in Sustainable Food for Health</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sustainable food - how to grow it, how to purchase it, and how to make it more available and accessible - has become a hot topic in the national media, crystallizing into what many are calling a 'food movement.' That movement is a natural fit for health care organizations such as Kaiser Permanente who’ve sought to make the connection between healthy food, healthy people and healthy communities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 8 Nov 2011 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Local Motion! Kaiser Permanente Teams with SolarWorld for Bike Delivery of Solar Panels to New Hospital</title>
<description><![CDATA[You may have seen bike messengers delivering pizza and flowers, but how about solar panels the size of a sheet of plywood? That's just what you'll see on Monday, Nov. 14, when a few of SolarWorld’s panels are delivered by bicycle from the SolarWorld factory warehouse to Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center, now under construction in Hillsboro, Ore. The 102-kilowatt solar system of 468 panels will be installed on the parking garage next to the hospital.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Nov 2011 17:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Kaiser Permanente Southern California Opens New Green Medical Center in Ontario</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center opened its doors at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1, bringing more jobs to the Inland Empire and expanding Kaiser Permanente's convenient health care offerings and sustainable building design. Designed with the patient in mind, this spacious 386,000 square foot hospital combines cutting-edge technology with a peaceful, patient-centered atmosphere.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Nov 2011 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Kaiser Permanente Named No. 1 Green-IT Organization by 'Computerworld'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente announced today that it ranks No.1 on IDG's 'Computerworld' magazine Top 12 List of Green-IT Organizations for 2011, a ranking that considers applicants from many industries. Kaiser Permanente was the only national health care provider to receive this rating and is recognized for its implementation of green IT practices that reduce waste, carbon dioxide emissions, energy use and the use of toxic chemicals. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Kaiser Permanente Hosts 'Food for Health Forum' Featuring Experts in Sustainable Food and Environmental Health</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente and Preston Maring, MD, will host the second annual 'Food for Health Forum' in San Francisco on Oct. 15. The event will bring together physicians, health care leaders and sustainable food experts from around the country to galvanize a growing healthy food movement within health care.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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