October saw the launch of 'Facing the future: sustainability for Royal Colleges', and the first seminar for Royal Colleges to come together to share their progress on sustainability. The seminar,…
“NHS: efficiency savings through waste reduction” was the subject of a joint meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group and the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group earlier this…
It was very good to switch on Radio 4 last Thursday morning to hear a discussion about whether doctors have an “ethical duty” to prevent waste. The debate was prompted by the launch of a new report…
The Growing Better Lives Project.Growing Better Lives is a social enterprise based in a yurt at an environmental centre near Uxbridge. Weekly therapy groups are based on principles of modified…
George Monbiot introduced this lively presentation by George Marshall of key points from his book. The presentation gives us plenty to think about in terms of communicating Climate Change and is worth…
A guide for doctors on cutting waste in clinical care, which was co-authored by theRoyal College of Psychiatrists'Fellow in Sustainability, Dr Daniel Maughan,was the BBC's top story on 6th November.…
Plymouth University is celebrating after winning an unprecedented hat-trick of prizes at higher education’s biggest awards ceremony devoted to green issues and sustainability. The University won three…
The Summit Consensus statement from the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Sustainability Summit and videos of six of the speakers are now available to view. Speakers include RPsych President Professor…
We all know what it’s like, you feel you are bombarded with emails either requests to attend meetings, answer questions, reiterate information etc. and then there are the ones suggesting you may wish…
The NHS Forest Annual Conference took place on 7thOctober with a range of delegates attending from within and outside the NHS. The theme was Creating Healing Environments and we had a range of…