medicine in general. Yet it is up to us to generate interest and help address the problems of climate change and environmental destruction. * To promote education in environmental sustainability in anesthetic practice. HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF THE SIG The Green Anesthesia SIG was approved at the ASRA board meeting in September 2017. We have 13 founding ASRA members and have appointed the following positions at inception: The field of green anesthesia offers ample opportunities for research and education, and we look forward to welcoming more members to our SIG. Membership is free for all ASRA members; join by registering on the ASRA website or by contacting membership services. We urge as many members as possible to get involved in the SIG. We look forward to welcoming you to our SIG and working toward changing practices that will enable a sustainable and bright future for all life. Anesthesiologists and physicians in general should consider making the Hippocratic injunction of "first do no harm" applicable not just to their patients but to all society. Establishing this SIG is a vital step in that direction. Chair Timur Özelsel Co-chair Ban Tsui CME Liaison Edward Mariano Newsletter Liaison Vivian Ip Webcast Liaison Jean-Louis Horn Website Liaison Rakesh Sondekoppam REFERENCES The SIG's goals are as follows: * To promote international collaboration for the development and advancement of environmentally sustainable practices in anesthesia * To encourage research projects exploring the environmental benefits of regional anesthesia * To promote implementation of regional anesthesia techniques by anesthesiologists with the goal of minimizing environmental burden from our practice 1. World Health Organization. Constitution of the World Health Organization. 1946. Available at: http://apps.who.int/gb/bd/PDF/bd47/EN/constitution-en.pdf?ua=1. Accessed March 6, 2018. 2. World Health Organization. WHO calls for urgent action to protect health from climate change - sign the call. Available at: http://www.who.int/globalchange/ global-campaign/cop21/en/. Accessed March 6, 2018. 3. Chung JW, Meltzer DO. Estimate of the carbon footprint of the US health care sector. JAMA. 2009;302:1970-1972. 4. MacNeill AJ, Lillywhite R, Brown CJ. The impact of surgery on global climate: a carbon footprinting study of operating theatres in three health systems. Lancet Planet Health. 2017;1(9):e381-e388. American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2018 31http://apps.who.int/gb/bd/PDF/bd47/EN/constitution-en.pdf?ua=1 http://www.who.int/globalchange/global-campaign/cop21/en/ http://www.who.int/globalchange/global-campaign/cop21/en/