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Sustainability Series- The role of education in sustainable occupational therapy

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4 May 2018
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The Sustainability Series is The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's way of showcasing differnet sustainable clinical specialties in the run up to our 10th Birthday! This month Occupational Therapy…
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MPs call on NHS to reduce use of MDIs to tackle climate change

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2 May 2018
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Frances Mortimer
The Environmental Audit Committeehas called on the Government, the NHS and manufacturers to reduce the production and use of metereddose inhalers in order to cutgreenhouse gas emissions. In the…
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Occupational Therapy: Improving Lives, Saving Money, Reducing Carbon

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2 May 2018
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Ben Whittaker
In March, theGuiding Principles for Sustainability were publishedby the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT). This document isfreely available to download under 'Publications' at the…
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How-to-Guide: Setting up a green space walking group for inpatients in mental health units

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18 Apr 2018
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CSH is very pleased to announce that we received funding from the Network for Social Change (N4SC) for a project which, over the next year, will develop a How-to-Guide on setting up a green space…
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Presenting on Sustainability at the EDSA Conference, Amsterdam

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17 Apr 2018
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Sara Harford
Myself and fellow Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) Sustainability fellow Darshini Ramasubbu and our CSH colleague Brett Duane (Associate Professor in Dental Public Health, Trinity College…
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A case for climate activisim: a blog

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15 Apr 2018
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Caroline Wellbery
Here's a blog a student andI wrote about engaging medical students that might be of interest:https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2018/04/case-climate-activism-medical-students.html It starts out this way…
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Easier access to e-learning module 'An Introduction to Sustainable Dentistry and Measuring Carbon in Healthcare'

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9 Apr 2018
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Devika Vadher
E-lfh afree online platform for professionals to obtain CPD, has made access to the e-learning module ''An Introduction to Sustainable Dentistry and Measuring Carbon in Healthcare"easier to…
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New publication on sustainable development from the Swedish Association of Occupational Therapist

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4 Apr 2018
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Ida Kåhlin
Hi, I hereby want to announce that the Swedish Association of Occupational Therapists has launched a new publication on sustainable develoment and…
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Future Fit Rebuilds - Shropshire

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29 Mar 2018
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James Warham
I'm just wondering is this the sort of project CSH should try and have involvment in. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/health/2018/03/29/future-fit-building-work-could-start-next-year/ I'm…
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Sustainability Series: how can dentistry be made more sustainable?

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21 Mar 2018
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To celebrate 10 years of sustainable healthcare, CSH has been running the "sustainability series" and will be focusing on a different sustainable medical specialty each month. In March we have…