Beyond Green: Alternatives Assessment
June 27–29, 2011
Lowell, Massachusetts
This year's Summer Institute features hands-on training in the relatively new and highly promising methodology of alternatives assessment.
The Summer Institute is for learning about concepts, tools, and skills that can lead us to the kind of world we want — a world in which we can meet our material needs globally without endangering the environment, human health, or the well-being of all people.
We design the Summer Institute for health, environment, and sustainability advocates in government, non-governmental organizations, corporations, private foundations, labor unions, health care institutions, and universities.
Space is limited. We strongly encourage you to register now. For more information about the training and to register, please go here.
New Report on OSHA Identifies
7 Priority Reforms to Protect
Worker Health
Researchers: Protections Have Not Kept Up with Technology, Science
The Lowell Center has just released an analysis of successes and failures in the 40-year history of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). It outlines seven high-priority strategies for making workplaces safer.
These include comprehensive programs that tap worker and employer knowledge to systematically identify and control workplace hazards.
The report also identifies strategies for improvement without waiting for changes to OSHA. These include promoting “Prevention through Design” initiatives to design out hazards and make jobs, products, and materials inherently safer.
More information here.
Lowell Center Granted $1.8M to Improve Health, Safety in Home Care
Team to Research Ways to Make Conditions Safer for Workers and Patients
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently awarded UMass Lowell a $1.8 million, four-year grant to research issues facing Massachusetts home-care nurses and aides and to develop education and training programs.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, home-care agencies, and labor unions are all collaborating in the Safe Home Care project.
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