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Green Home HD

Created on
16 Feb 2012
by
Gerry Boyle
Hi, We're looking into how green we can make our home dialysis installations as green as possible and whether we can attract grants, Government or Local Council, to progress this. Has anyone looked…
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Recycling of Concentrate Bottles

Created on
25 Jan 2012
by
Ben Wilson
We have just been given the green light to re-cycle all of our concentrate bottles. I'm still in the process of calculating exactly what that will mean in terms of reducing our carbon footprint but as…
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90% Less: why greener healthcare is leaner healthcare

Created on
25 Jan 2012
by
Ingeborg Steinbach
Our conference organized in partnership with The Thames Valley Health Innovation and Education Cluster is taking place on 24th February 2012. The day offers a great opportunity to find out about the…
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Thinking about Occupation like a Mountain in the Mountains

Created on
23 Jan 2012
by
Mark Hudson
(Beaver dam and aspens from the Deer Valley Grocery-Café, Park City, Utah)In October 2011, I had the privilege of helping Mami Aoyama and Moses Ikiugu to organize a double session on occupation and…
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The Zero Waste Challenge for 2012

Created on
23 Jan 2012
by
Frances Mortimer
The Green Nephrology Network is taking up a "zero waste" challenge in 2012. Kidney departments will be cutting carbon and saving money by driving out waste from the dialysis process. Case studies…
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Occupational Science and Sustainability: A Conference Report

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2 Jan 2012
by
Mami Aoyama
(Left to Right:Izuru Sakai, Mark Hudson, Teena Clouston,Marie Anne Ben, Mami Aoyama. Inset: Moses Ikiugu)The annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Occupation: USA (SSO: USA) was held in Park…
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Green Nephrology update Christmas 2011

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19 Dec 2011
by
Frances Mortimer
Happy Christmas! Here's what has been happening across the Green Nephrology Network in 2011 ***Launch of online Green Nephrology Network*** This new network enables all members of the Green…
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Automatic IT shutdown - case study from Lanarkshire

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15 Dec 2011
by
Frances Mortimer
Jamie Traynor and Raymond Donnelly in Lanarkshire have contributed a Green Nephrology case study on the automatic shutdown of computers in the renal department over night. The scheme has been…
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OT Susnet - The Story so Far

Created on
15 Nov 2011
by
Ben Whittaker
Hello there! In the spring the Green Occupational Therapy Network was relaunched as the Occupational Therapy Sustainable Practice Network or OT Susnet. Since then I’ve been the network lead through a…
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Developing a research priorities list for sustainable practice

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15 Nov 2011
by
Ben Whittaker
OT Susnet is looking to develop an interactive page on our site where members can contribute to a list of research priorities and develop the evidence base for sustainable practice in a co-ordinated…