Green Hospital Wait Times??

Question

I was recently at an emergency hospital with my dad for more than 7 hours before seeing the doctor. As I sat there, I sort of came up with an idea to turn ridiculous wait times (with nothing to do) into something good for the environment. I thought about creating a club/organization that would promote environmental awareness etc during the long wait times. For example: having interactive youth speakers talk about the environment, present each patient with a plant they could take home..etc. Instead of wasting time, it could be turned into something good. What do you think? Suggestions? Comments?

Answer 1

Talk about your captive audience!

In an attempt to look for possibilities close to you, I typed "green hospital" in to google and discovered there's more than one in the world. No big surprise, but came up with a National Geographic article that I thought you might enjoy:

http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/113/top...

Back to your question: Why not check with your local environmental groups? Who knows what might develop. For sure, nothing will happen if you don't give it a try.