Positively Green

We know that lots of colleagues have limited access to emails and screen time. As a result, the Team has launched a ‘Green Board’ scheme. Each month, we’ll put together a pack of posters, pdfs, and flyers that staff can pin to noticeboards, post to their Teams/Whatsapp chats and put in pigeonholes.

If you’re feeling the January blues, be comforted by the thought that nature is still, for the most part, lying dormant. Does it make sense to try new things and make big changes to our lives whilst the natural world around us sleeps? 

Little acts by each one of us can add up to big changes for the worrying impact of petrol and diesel air pollution. Most of us have no choice but to travel to work each day, but there are alternatives to using your car that could go someway to cutting down the toxic air pollution around Derriford Hospital and the wider city.

Homeworking and the free park and ride by the George has slightly eased congestion on the site, but the Estates and Facilities directorate are keen to find out what else staff would appreciate having onsite to make their lives easier and reduce carbon emissions in the process.

Departmental budget holders will be all too aware of the need to save money wherever it is safe to do so. We think fitting out workspaces with second hand gems via Warp it could be a perfect way to save those precious pennies.

The high volumes of referrals to UHP’s skin service were beginning to cause long waits for benign and malignant diagnoses, but the UHP’s pioneering Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists have significantly reduced these waiting times by switching to telephone appointments.

As we hurtle through autumnal November and begin to see the effects of winter, the sustainability team would like to highlight some seasonal changes you might see in and around our grounds and gardens.

Fight that climate anxiety induced paralysis by taking some action! Pop one of our brand-new Green Champion badges on your lanyard and get involved…

Let's not hibernate this winter! Complete Beryl's safety quiz for cycling in winter and get 20% off minute bundles. Get it right, get a discount. 

1^st November is Stress Awareness day, one of the many days in the year where the interests of the sustainability team and the wellbeing team overlap into a pleasing venn diagram. Whilst the link between wellbeing and stress is obvious, it might not be quite so clear why sustainability should have an interest in it.