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Learn to Move Mountains
Compassionate problem solvers experience flow in action through social innovation, resilience, hope and entrepreneurial skills Interview with Elaine France, Founder, Flow In Action “We are at climate tipping points that are calling on us to do things differently; to embrace…
Using your smartphone at the supermarket can add 41% to your shopping bill
Grocery shoppers who use their phones in the supermarket end up spending, on average, 41% more than those who don’t
Climate change: seeing the planet break down is depressing – here’s how to turn your pain into action
What if you’re concerned about the environment, but it seems too hard to make a life change? While actions that serve the climate and our communities may seem difficult before we try them, much of that perceived effort lies in the conservative inertia of our current habits, and how much we believe that we can change.
‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis
Michelle Lim, University of Adelaide We are witnessing the loss of biodiversity at rates never before seen in human history. Nearly a million species face extinction if we do not fundamentally change our relationship with the natural world, according to…
How the power of persuasion goes way beyond mere advertising
Persuasion has become fundamental to shaping people’s view of what is attractive or unattractive, good or bad, acceptable or unacceptable. In essence, it has changed human interaction itself to the extent that consumption – rather than class, region, geography or occupation – has now become the primary form of self-identity and self-expression.