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Grants and loans for small businesses for renewables and low carbon technology

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28 Nov 2011
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Christelle Blunden
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…
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The mooncup- greener, cheaper, more reliable

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31 Oct 2011
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Christelle Blunden
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…
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RCGP Conference sustainability workshop

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24 Oct 2011
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Christelle Blunden
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…
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Anyone know any car-free GPs?

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18 Oct 2011
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Trevor Thompson
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…
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Couch Rolls Made with Recycled Paper

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18 Oct 2011
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Trevor Thompson
GuysDo you know anywhere you can buy couch rolls made from recycled paper?Trev
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Welcome to the Sustainable Primary Care forum

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12 Oct 2011
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Frances Mortimer
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…
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Looking for a Green Fellow in Sustainable Respiratory Medicine

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21 Sep 2011
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Ingeborg Steinbach
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…
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Single-use Medical Devices - rubbish or re-process?

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11 Jul 2011
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Mark Scarfe
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,…
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Introducing - Andrea MacNeill

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5 Jul 2011
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Mark Scarfe
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…
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Welcome to the Sustainable Operating Network

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28 Jun 2011
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Mark Scarfe
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…