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Neuroscience For Designing Green Spaces

Created on
20 Oct 2024
by
Mark Stefan
Five years ago, my late father was in hospital for over a month following a severe stroke. After visiting him I used to head down the corridor to a cafe which was adjacent to a lovely garden (although…
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Help contacting sustainability leads

Created on
11 Oct 2024
by
Laura-Jane Smith
HI all, I hope you can help. Next week we are launching Plants First Healthcare, an ask to the NHS to implement Plant-based meals as the default, without restricting choice, to improve our health…
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Biodiversity at the heart of PFI maintenance contracts

Created on
26 Sep 2024
by
Louise Harling
New to the community and my role as greenspaces coordinator at NBT. Would love any advice or tips on how we can embed our biodiversity plans into our PFI grounds and maintenance contracts. Any big…
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Green space and food security on NHS sites

Created on
24 Sep 2024
by
Una Devlin
We're trying to encourage as many public healthcare sites as possible to bring back hospital orchards and take up our fully funded fruit tree offer. To help us do this, we want to understand what else…
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Update to Online SusQI Resource - Measuring Impact, Environmental Outcomes

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2 Sep 2024
by
Ayoma Ratnappuli
The 'Environmental outcomes - carbon footprinting for healthcare' document available on SusQI.org under 'Resources' and the 'Step-by-step guide: Step 4 Measure the Impact' has been updated to reflect…
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RCPCH webinar: Upskilling child health professionals to talk about air pollution

Created on
28 Aug 2024
by
Emily Parker
Air pollution is the second leading risk factor for death in children under the age of five. In 2017-19, an estimated 7% ofpaediatricasthma admissions in London were linked to spikes in air pollution.…
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Reducing Herbicide and Pesticide Use

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22 Aug 2024
by
Miranda Chubb
Hi, We're aiming to reduce/stop the use of herbicides and pesticides across our estates but this seems to be a challenging area. Does anyone have any advice or guidance on how to implement a…
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For those that follow the fully charged show

Created on
21 Aug 2024
by
James Warham
https://youtu.be/4Oe3a3Mrquc?feature=shared I can see crossover between CSH and platforms such as Everything Electric and similar increasing. In this episode, Robert is joined by Dr. Melissa Lem,…
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Grounds Maintenance specs

Created on
20 Aug 2024
by
Karen Janody
Hello - I am hoping someone here might know or seen some grounds maintenance specs. We are issuing new specs and I would like to check if there are more biodiversity friendly ones out there.
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Orchards for health – how to plant an orchard and engage staff and patient communities

Created on
5 Aug 2024
by
Harriet White
After falling out of fashion, orchards are once again being recognised as invaluable community spaces. In this blog, we suggest how to engage staff and patients in making the most of orchards for…