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Young People with Dementia (YPWD) - My day with the charity

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15 Aug 2015
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Michael Pearce
Nervously en-route to the morning'sactivity of choir singing my head was ringing with painful memories of standing at the back of church warbling tunelessly along to obscurehymns. Little did I know…
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Work with healthcare students to educate and act on energy, the environment, and health

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29 Jul 2015
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Alistair Wardrope
Are you an academic or health professional working on sustainable healthcare or environmental health? Would you be able to help healthcare students engage with "the greatest threat to global health of…
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Lancet Commission Podcast about the health effects of our unsustainable ways of living

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27 Jul 2015
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Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth's natural systems represent a growing threat to human health. By unsustainably exploiting nature's resources, human civilisation has…
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Campaign for equity of tariffs for remote consultations

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8 Jul 2015
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Suren Kanagasundaram
This is just a short brief to let you know about the ongoing work the UK Green Nephrology group has been undertaking on tariffs for remote clinic consultations. Many renal units operate over wide…
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New research on health effects of low GHG diets

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7 Jul 2015
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Findings from two papers show that moderate alterations to diets have the potential not only to reduce UK emissions relating to diets by 17 per cent but also to bring about increases in average life…
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Job ad - Project Manager: Food, Climate Change and Health (Medact)

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6 Jul 2015
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Frances Mortimer
Medact seeks to recruit a bright, confident and committed professional with an interest in public health, nutrition and climate change. This is a two year position to manage and implement a…
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COT Code of Ethics expands section on sustainability

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3 Jul 2015
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Ben Whittaker
Last week saw the publication of the new COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. It includes the following quote from section 2.4.2 under 'Resources and sustainability':"You should work as…
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Project update: Green Guide for renal units

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1 Jul 2015
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Frances Mortimer
The Green Nephrology Advisory Group recently voted on the top two projects to take forward in 2015-16. One of the two chosen was the development of a "Green Guide" for new facilities. There is…
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Educating for sustainable healthcare - SEDA funded project

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29 Jun 2015
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Frances Mortimer
Over the next 8 months, the SHE Network is running a free programme to support six "beacon" medical schools to develop and implement teaching and learning related to the Education for Sustainable…
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Video for the 2015 Lancet commission on health and climate change

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24 Jun 2015
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This is a must watchvideoabout the 2015Lancet commission on health and climate change.The 2015LancetCommission on Health and Climate Change maps out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary…