'Green' / 'Environmental' Podiatry

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1. When making casts (positive), use washing machine discharge instead of drinking water. I have used front-loader discharge for a few months now, and the casts are not weaker; and do accept additions etc.

 

Re: Green Podiatry

Good topic

I recently had to do a lecture on where I though orthotic prescribing might be in 100 yrs time. Environmental issues do not come into the decision making now and they obviously will in the future.

Polypro is a petroleum based product ...

Vasyli are soon to come out with their environmentally freiendly prefab (bamboo based); Brooks have the BioMoGo running shoe that degrades quicker in landfill than others;

 

Re: Green Podiatry

Hi Ron,
Our washing water feeds the fruit trees. My plaster work is all done with rain water captured on my property, my workshop has a solar cell array on it that generates 2kw on a good day and swallows nest in the roof, and only occaisionally crap on something that matters, I have a resident blue tongue lizard that pops out from under one of the cupboards sometimes......is that green enough?.....I'm trying, it sure beats living in Melbourne.
regards Phill Carter

 

Re: Green Podiatry

To put this in context for those outside Australia....we got an acute water shortage here, so we have to look at things like this for every use of water (eg shower with a bucket to collect water to put on the garden; not keep the tap running when cleaning teeth; etc)

Water restrictions in Australia

Water restrictions have been enacted in many cities and regions in Australia, which is the Earth's driest inhabited continent,^[1] in response to chronic water shortages resulting from the widespread drought. Depending upon the location, these can include restrictions on watering lawns, using sprinkler systems, washing vehicles, hosing pavement, refilling swimming pools, etc. Overpopulation, evidence of drying climates, coupled with corresponding reductions in the supply of drinking water has led various state governments to consider alternative water sources to supplement existing sources, and to implement "water inspectors" who can issue penalties to those who waste water. Many states describe the different levels of water restrictions in terms of "stages": starting at Stage 1, for the least restrictive, going up as far as Stage 8. The highest level reached in the current drought has been stage 7 for Kingaroy. There are different definitions given to each "stage" in different states.

1. ^ "Living with Drought 20/3/2011". Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

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