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NHS Forest Annual Event

Date: 
25/10/2011
Location: 
University Hospital, Coventry

Tthe NHS Forest's annual event will be held on the afternoon of 25th October at Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry.  

Love Parks Week

Date: 
23/07/2011
Location: 
Nationwide

Love Parks Week is organised annually by parks charity GreenSpace, a charity which helps local people to improve parks and green spaces. The week is now established as a major event, celebrated in parks across the country, enabling thousands of people to get out and enjoy their parks and help put forward the case for reinvestment. For more information visit the Love Parks Week website.

NHS Forest Tree Sponsorship Scheme Launched

Mon, 31/01/2011

Millions of people can help in greening the NHS by sponsoring trees through a new NHS Forest Tree Sponsorship Scheme, launched by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and the Woodland Trust. The NHS Forest project aims to see the planting of 1.3 million trees, 1 tree per NHS employee, with as many as possible planted on NHS sites, such as hospitals and surgeries, to benefit patients, staff and local communities.  People can sponsor a tree for £15 and up to 10 trees can be sponsored at a time using the web-based scheme.

Great Outdoors: How our natural health service uses green space to improve wellbeing

 

Safe, green spaces may be as effective as prescription drugs for treating mild to moderate forms of depression and anxiety. 'The Great Outdoors: How our natural health service uses green space to improve wellbeing' report from the Faculty of Public Health calls for GPs to use more alternatives to medication for mental illness, including advice to spend time and exercise in green spaces. Visit the Faculty of Public Health website for the full report.

Love Parks Week

Date: 
24/07/2010
Location: 
Nationwide

Love Parks Week is an annual campaign, organised by parks charity GreenSpace. Founded in 2006, the campaign has grown steadily and is now established as a major event that is celebrated in parks across the country. Each year hundreds of events take place, attracting extensive media coverage and enabling thousands of people to get out and enjoy their parks.

GI Masterclass Natural Economy Resource List

 

Links to resources mentioned in speakers' presentations at GI Masterclass - Natural Economy held in Exeter on 10 May 2010.

GI Masterclass Natural Economy Discussion Notes

 

Notes and key points from discussion sessions at GI Masterclass - Natural Economy held in Exeter on 10 May 2010.

GI Masterclass Natural Economy notes from speakers' presentations

 

Notes and key points from speakers presentations from GI Masterclass - Natural Economy held in Exeter on 10 May 2010.

GI Masterclass - Natural Economy (10 May, Exeter)

Sustainability South West and Natural England held the second in their spring Green Infrastructure Masterclass series on Monday, 10 May in Exeter. The topic of this class was on the Natural Economy, and two sessions were held during the day for a small group of delegates from regional Local Authorities, voluntary organisations and consultancies. See below for presentations, notes and resources.

Event: 
Green Infrastructure Master Class - Natural Economy
Resources: 
GI Masterclass Natural Economy Discussion Notes
GI Masterclass Natural Economy notes from speakers' presentations
GI Masterclass Natural Economy Presentation C. Plowden & K. Tobin
GI Masterclass Natural Economy Presentation N. Blackmore
GI Masterclass Natural Economy Presentation W.Williams
GI Masterclass Natural Economy Resource List

GI Masterclass Natural Economy Presentation C. Plowden & K. Tobin

 

PDF version of powerpoint presentation given by Charlie Plowden and Kate Tobin at the Natural Economy Green Infrastructure master class on Monday, 10 May in Exeter.

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