Dear allI spoke to the Carbon Trust todayhttp://www.carbontrust.co.uk/Pages/Default.aspxthey offer loans to small businesses taking up greener technologies, improving building efficiency on existing…
Just wanted to do a little plug for the mooncuphttp://www.mooncup.co.uk/which I sometimes mention to patients with menorrhagia. This little device means women no longer have to use and throw away…
The sustainability workshop at the RCGP conference 2011 was well attended and alive with ideas and suggestions for advancing the agenda for sustainable primary care and identifying the co-benefits of…
Dear SustainistasIf you do can you connect me up? I need some case studies for a book chapter! Also GP practices that have a pooled car for on-call and visits?TanksTrevorPS: I am 100% car-free myself…
Over the past three years, we have been contacted by many GPs and others working in primary care - asking for information about greening their practice, and looking for others with similar values. We…
Green Respiratory Fellow 2011-12Job AdvertWhat will respiratory medicine look like in 5 years’ time, when carbon rationing is re-shaping the NHS? Do you want to take a lead in that transformation?The…
Why single-use devices? In the not too distant past medical devices were re-usable. Their design, shape, size and materials used (glass, metal and rubber) were easy to clean and sterilise. However,…
Andrea MacNeill, Principle Investigator, Green-Op Andrea is surgical resident from Canada and is currently working towards an MSc in Environmental Change & Management at the University of Oxford. As…
Following in the footsteps of Green Nephology and the other successful speciality programmes, SusOp has grand plans for the transformation of one of the most energy and carbon intensive aspects of…