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The International Institute for Sustainability defines sustainability as 'meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs'.

This Sustainability collection brings together BSAVA resources to help highlight and inspire us as to why sustainability really matters and how we can make a difference.

Updated 2025.

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    • What does environmentally friendly look like in practice?
      BSAVA Congress Proceedings 2021

      : Embarking on a sustainability journey presents many opportunities for veterinary practices; cost savings through reduced resource use, encouraging staff engagement as well as innovation, and marketing opportunities to name but a few. If you aspire to reduce the environmental impact of your workplace, and realise the urgency of positive action, then this session is for you! The session covers how to get started on your sustainability journey, what the key considerations should be and what can be achieved on a range of budgets. It also introduces the support material available from Vet Sustain and demonstrates how to put it to use in practice. We delve into the business incentives of operating sustainably, how to communicate your green vision with the team and how to overcome any barriers you might face. Now is the time for the veterinary profession to take action, to preserve our magnificent planet for the future generations and to ensure that we can continue to provide outstanding veterinary care. As they say, ‘be the change you want to see in the world’!

      : Zoe Halfacree provides an insight into the work that Vet Sustain is doing to support practices to make changes for environmental sustainability. Vet Sustain has produced a checklist, which is endorsed by BVA, BVNA and SPVS, as a guide for getting started in going green and this session outlines some of this advice. There are lots of great tips from becoming a little greener to embarking upon environmental management accreditation.

    • Companion interview

      Laura Sullivan

      Laura-Sullivan.gif  When the first lockdown made Laura Sullivan’s vet skills temporarily superfluous, it meant that she had time to spend making environmentally-friendly washable surgical caps for her existing online business. Now, she is back at work stitching her clients’ animals back together, but she still has time to make her own contribution towards more sustainable veterinary practices.

    • Sustainability and the environment

      How to make your clinic more environmentally sustainable

      Zoe-Halfacree.gif , Soft Tissue Surgeon at Davies Veterinary Specialists and Chair of the greener veterinary practice working group, Vet Sustain, focuses on environmental sustainability, including climate change, loss of biodiversity, plastic pollution and resource scarcity and explains what steps your practice can take to reduce your carbon footprint for a brighter, more considerate sustainable future.

    • Companion interview

      Jen Gale
      Author Jen Gale

      Jen-Gale.gif If you are one of the many among us who are keen to help avert a looming environmental catastrophe – but don’t really know where to start – then let Jen Gale be your guide. Jen is a 2004 RVC graduate who has now left clinical practice to explore ways to encourage everyone to adopt a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle. Founder of the web site Sustainable(ish) and author of the Sustainable(ish) Living Guide, she offers advice and encouragement to those wanting to take baby steps towards creating a world that will be able to support future generations.

    • Anaesthesia without isoflurane
      BSAVA Webinar Library

      Author Ian Self

      In response to the nationwide shortage of isoflurane in late 2018, BSAVA commissioned a webinar presented by Ian Self, European Specialist and Associate Professor in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, to help with management of small animal patients during such a shortage. The webinar covers the use of low flow anaesthesia and monitoring techniques to spare gaseous anaesthetic agents as well as tips on partial and total intravenous anaesthesia (PIVA and TIVA) and analgesia. This webinar responds to questions posed by BSAVA members when the shortage was announced.

    • Feeding pets sustainably
      BSAVA Webinar Library

      This webinar will help you better understand pet food sustainability in the UK.

      We look at the impact the industry has on climate change and potential environmental effects, while discussing sustainable ingredients sourcing.

      This one-hour webinar was first broadcast as part of BSAVA's Learn@Lunch series. Learn@Lunch broadcasts are available to BSAVA members only and are free to attend - visit the education page of the BSAVA website for details of future Learn@Lunch webinars. Recordings will be available for 3 years via the BSAVA Webinar Library.

    • Regions Now: Sustainability: What can we do in practice?
      BSAVA Webinar Library

      Author Ellie West

      This course is split into 3 X 20 minute lectures which will cover:

      1) Principles of sustainability: top tips in veterinary practice

      2) Creating a waste policy

      3) Sustainable anaesthetic and theatre practices and a 90 minute question and answer session which will focus on attendee questions and common problems encountered by clinical teams implementing environmental sustainability programmes.

      Intended learning outcomes:

      1) Be able to outline key environmental impact areas for all veterinary practices

      2) To be able to create a waste policy for your clinic

      3) To be able to make key changes in your clinic to reduce the environmental impact of perioperative care

      Intended for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses.

      Regions Now sessions are free to BSAVA members and available for non-members to book - visit the Regions page of the BSAVA website for details of future Regions Now events. Recordings will be available for 3 years via the BSAVA Webinar Library.

    • Congress 2020 - scientific preview

      Sustainability and leading change
      Author Ellie West

      West-Ellie.gif  will be helping delegates at Congress 2020 to reduce their environmental impact so the veterinary profession becomes part of the solution rather than exacerbating global carbon dioxide emissions.

    • How to read a capnography trace

      Read a capnography trace
      Author Karen Walsh

      Walsh-Karen.gif Capnography is relatively simple to perform and is very useful to monitor patients under general anaesthesia. Karen Walsh explores the complex wave forms and how to interpret them.

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