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Neuroscience For Designing Green Spaces

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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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Sustainable Respiratory Care Sharing Hour - Digital interventions to decarbonise asthma care

Created on
19 Oct 2024
by
Jennifer Nixon
We're back with our next 'sharing hour' on Tues 12thNov, 12-1pm. You can book your (free!) place here:https://buytickets.at/centreforsustainablehealthcareltd/1437109 We'll hear from Lynn Elsey,…
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Animal agriculture, air pollution & respiratory health

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17 Oct 2024
by
Laura-Jane Smith
Did you know that raising animals for food produces large volumes of air pollution? The government's own reports state that "Methane and non-methane volatile organic compounds (VOC) are emitted by…
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Call for group members: Task and Finish Group: BTS Sustainability Toolkit for Respiratory Professionals

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26 Sep 2024
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Jennifer Nixon
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) is calling for applicants to join a task and finish group to develop a BTS Sustainability Toolkit for Respiratory Professionals. Following the publication of…
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Biodiversity at the heart of PFI maintenance contracts

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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

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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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RCPCH webinar: Upskilling child health professionals to talk about air pollution

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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.