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Tree Planting and Conservation within Occupational Therapy

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28 Mar 2024
by
Harriet White
Technical instructor in the Occupational Therapy Department, Alex Watkins, spoke to me about some projects he's been leading at Langdon Hospital. Alex initially led projects in the woodworking…
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CASCADES Publishes Sustainable Occupational Therapy Playbook

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25 Mar 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) have published the Sustainable Occupational Therapy playbook, which is available here. This playbook provides background…
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Getting involved in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

Created on
29 Jan 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch took place this weekend, with over 5 million birds counted so far.There’s still time to get involved with service users or colleagues and tell the RSPB what birds you see…
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Sustainability in Hand Therapy

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10 Dec 2023
by
Pete Vesey
As my 18 month contract with RCOT drew to a close I was pleased to be able to represent RCOT at the British Association of Hand Therapist's annual conference on 6-7th Oct 2023. I was able to promote…
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From paper piles to digital smiles

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8 Dec 2023
by
Lilias Jeffery
Let me take you on a personal journey. Picture this: stacks of paperwork, endless files, and a lingering feeling of guilt about the impact our speech therapy practices were having on the…
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Sustainability in Speech and Language Therapy

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2 Dec 2023
by
Kerry Cavanagh
The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Programme at the University of Reading is an opportunity for undergraduates to get involved with research alongside academic researchers. I was fortunate to be…
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Greener AHP week April 2023

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30 Nov 2023
by
Samantha Holmes
Hi everyone I'm a speech therapist by background, currently employed as clinical fellow to the Chief Sustainability Officer, and hosted by the BMJ working on sustainability content. Myself and…
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SLT Susnet Meeting 29/11/2023

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29 Nov 2023
by
Susie Martin
The SLT Sustainability network meets monthly online, and we aim to share some notes about what we discussed here on our networks page. We will share below some highlights from Novembers meeting. In…
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It's that time of the year again - have you heard of the reverse advent calendar?

Created on
28 Nov 2023
by
Ka Yan Hess
Hello all Has anyone started thinking about Christmas already? It is hard to believe 2023 has flown by so quickly and we are heading for December in a few days. In the spirit of the upcoming…
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Systems thinking to create change

Created on
22 Nov 2023
by
Rachel Baker
“We cannot accept things the way they are because business-as-usual is leading to earth systems collapse.” George Monbiot. This blog post is written in response to the discussion at Exeter…